cat

[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）

例句与用法：

The cat lapped up the milk.

猫舔食牛奶。

The cat is playing with a live mouse.

猫在戏弄那只活老鼠。

There's no room/There isn't (enough) room to swing a cat in here.

这里地方过於狭窄。

The little cat gave me a playful bite.

小猫顽皮地轻轻咬了我一下。

I have a dog and a cat, but they fight all the time.

我养了一只猫和一只狗，但它们老是打架。

She is a timid cat.

她是个腼腆的女人。

A cat mews.

猫喵喵叫。

词形变化：

动词过去式: catted | 动词过去分词: catted | 动词现在分词: catting | 动词第三人称单数: cats |

详细释义：

n.[C]

1. 猫

When the cat is away, the mice will play.

猫儿不在, 老鼠翻天。

2. 猫科的动物

3. 坏心眼的女人

4. (爱用指甲)抓人的孩子

5. 九尾鞭

6. 有三对活动脚的六脚器

短语词组：

bell the cat

1. 为别人冒险

All the workers agreed that they wanted a pay increase, but nobody offered to bell the cat and talked to their employer.

所有的工人都认为要加薪, 但却没人自告奋勇去跟老板谈。

let the cat out of the bag

1. 泄漏秘密

The criminal was hiding away from the police, but a small boy let the cat out of the bag when he told the police that there was a man in the house.

罪犯正躲避警方的搜查, 但一位小男孩泄漏了秘密, 他告诉警方屋里有一个男人。

rain cats and dogs

1. 下倾盆大雨

It rains cats and dogs here during the spring.

春季这里会下倾盆大雨。

It's raining cats and dogs outside.

外面正下着倾盆大雨。