1
- the male of various animals, especially a domestic cat雄性动物; （尤指）雄猫。
2
- Brit. a female prostitute〈英〉妓女。
- ORIGIN: early 20th cent.: from criminals' slang.
(tommed, tomming)no obj. informal <非正式>
1
be tomming
Brit. work as a prostitute〈英〉当妓女。
2
- US (of a black person) behave in an excessively obedient or servile way〈美〉（黑人）百依百顺; 卑躬屈膝。
词源
late Middle English （denoting an ordinary man， surviving in tomfool, tomboy, and the phrase Tom， Dick， and Harry）： abbreviation of the given name Thomas. Sense 1 dates from the mid 18th cent.