cat

英 [kæt] 美 [kæt]

• n. 猫；猫科动物；狠毒的女人；吊锚机；独桅船；九尾鞭
• v. 起锚；寻找性伴侣
• abbr. 目录（=catalog）

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]猫

   small furry domesticated animal often kept as a pet or for catching mice

2. [C]猫科动物

   wild animal related to this

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 猫，母猫，山猫
2. 猫科动物
3. 九尾鞭
4. 坏心眼的女人，脾气不好的女人
5. 抓人的孩子
6. 有三对活动脚的六脚器
7. 独桅艇
8. 履带式拖拉机
9. 任何有履带的车辆
10. 【海】起锚滑车
11. 工学院
12. 最棒的东西

v. 动词

1. 【海】把（锚）吊放在锚架上，起锚
2. 呕吐
3. 鞭打
4. 宿娼
5. 清空肠胃

abbr. 缩略词

1. =clear-air turbulence 【气】晴空乱流
2. =computerized axial tomography 电脑化轴向测试
3. =Computer Aided Test 【计】电脑辅助测试
4. 目录（=catalog）
5. =College of Advanced Technology（英）工科大学
6. =computerized axial tomography 计算机化轴向层面X射线摄影法
7. =computer-aided typesetting 计算机辅助排版
8. =computer-aided translation 计算机辅助翻译

adj. 形容词

1. 催化裂化器的，催化裂化的

英英释义

Noun:

1. feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats

2. an informal term for a youth or man;

   "a nice guy"
   "the guy's only doing it for some doll"
   

3. a spiteful woman gossip;

   "what a cat she is!"
   

4. the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant;

   "in Yemen kat is used daily by 85% of adults"
   

5. a whip with nine knotted cords;

   "British sailors feared the cat"
   

6. a large tracked vehicle that is propelled by two endless metal belts; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work

7. any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild

8. a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans along a single axis

Verb:

1. beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails

2. eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth;

   "After drinking too much, the students vomited"
   "He purged continuously"
   "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. A cat mews.
   猫喵喵叫。
2. The cat lapped up the milk.
   猫舔食牛奶。
3. The cat is playing with a live mouse.
   猫在戏弄那只活老鼠。
4. The tiger is a representative of the cat family.
   老虎是猫科动物的典型。
5. Don't listen to her gossip; she is a cat.
   别听她搬弄是非，她是个心地恶毒的女人。
6. He supported a flogging with the cat as punishment.
   他忍受了一场九尾鞭的狠狠鞭打，以示惩戒。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The cat arched its back.
   猫弓起身子。
2. A cat pounces on a mouse.
   猫会猛扑过去抓住老鼠。
3. A cat was scratching.
   猫正在搔痒。
4. Cats catch mice.
   猫能抓耗子。
5. A cat has nine lives.
   猫有9条命。
6. Do you keep a cat?
   你养猫吗?
7. The old lady keeps five cats.
   老太太养了5只猫。
8. I have a white cat and a yellow dog.
   我有一只白猫和一条黄狗。
9. She stroked the cat softly.
   她轻轻地抚摸着猫。
10. The neighbours took in a stray cat.
    邻居收留了一只迷路的猫。
11. When the cat's away the mice will play.
    猫儿不在,老鼠猖狂。
12. A cat in gloves catches no mice
    四肢不动,一事无成。
13. A cat may look at a king.
    猫也可以看皇帝。
14. A cat shuts its eyes while it steals cream.
    掩耳盗铃。
15. Lions, tigers and leopards are all cats.
    狮、虎和豹都是猫科动物。
16. At the zoo, the bears are next to the cats.
    在动物园里,熊仅次于猫科动物。
17. Mrs. Smith is a perfect cat.
    史密斯太太是个地地道道的长舌妇。
18. Are you cats coming in to hear my new records?
    大伙要进来听听我的新唱片吗?

经典引文

• The coloured cats saw I had an ally, and melted.

  出自： C. MacInnes

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

be the cat's whiskers

了不起的东西〔人或主意〕 be the best thing, person, idea, etc.

cat and dog life

争吵不休的生活 a life in which partners are frequently or constantly quarrelling

cat and mouse game

欲擒故纵的把戏,折磨 keep sb in a state of uncertain expectation

let the cat out of the bag

真相大白,秘密泄露 reveal a secret carelessly or by mistake

like a cat on hot bricks

像热锅上的蚂蚁 very nervous

put the cat among the pigeons

引来可能招惹是非的人或事 introduce sb/sth that is likely to cause trouble or disturbance

rain cats and dogs

下着倾盆大雨 rain hard

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• caress a cat 抚弄猫
• keep a cat 养猫
• take in a cat 收养猫
• neuter a cat 阉割猫
• stroke a cat 抚摸猫

形容词+～

• big cat 大型猫科动物
• black cat 黑猫
• homeless cat 无家可归的猫

名词+～

• stray cat 迷路的猫

～+名词

• cat food 猫食

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. cat的基本意思是“猫”,指猫的总称。cat还可指包括猫在内的所有“猫科动物”,如狮、虎、豹等。cat引申还可指“人,家伙”,多指邪恶的女人,但有时则随便指一个人而未必带有讽刺的意味。
2. cat多用来指代雌性的猫,所以其代词多为she或her。
3. cat是可数名词,其复数形式为cats。

近反义词

【近义词】

• feline 猫
• tabby 虎斑猫
• grimalkin 猫老猫
• kitty 小猫
• pussy 小猫
• tomcat 雄猫
• Siamese 暹罗的
• mouser 捕鼠动物（尤指猫）...
• kitten 小猫
• Angora 安哥拉猫
• Persian 波斯的(波斯人的)...
• gossip 流言蜚语
• harridan 脾气暴躁的老妇人...
• scandalmonger 专事诽谤的人...
• virago 泼妇
• shrew 悍妇
• vixen 雌狐
• newsmonger 爱传播新闻的人...
• busybody 爱管闲事的人...
• backbiter 背后诽谤者
• bitch 母狗
• computed tomography 计算机断层照相法...
• regurgitate 反刍
• throw up 呕吐
• puke <口>呕吐
• guy 家伙
• vomit 吐出
• retch 作呕
• spue 吐出
• regorge 倒流
• spew 喷出
• computerized axial tomography 计算机化轴向层面摄影法....
• computerized tomography 电脑化X射线层析照相法,...
• hombre <俚>男人
• bozo [美俚]家伙
• honk 汽车喇叭声
• be sick 呕吐
• sick 有病的
• cast 掷
• kat 阿拉伯茶(产于非洲和阿拉...
• upchuck 呕吐
• quat 皮疹
• CT 静态试验(=Captiv...
• big cat 大型猫科动物...
• qat 阿拉伯茶
• purge 整肃
• khat 阿拉伯茶(产于非洲和阿拉...
• barf 呕吐
• chuck 抛掷
• cat-o'-nine-tails 九尾鞭
• caterpillar 毛虫
• computed axial tomography 计算机控制轴向x线断层摄...
• vomit up 呕吐
• disgorge 吐出