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）

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

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 |

词义辨析

同义:

n.猫

feline  grimalkin  tabby  tomcat  kitten  pussy  mouser  kitty  Angora  Persian  Siamese

n.长舌妇, 泼妇

gossip  busybody  newsmonger  scandalmonger  backbiter  shrew  virago  vixen  harridan  bitch  

英英释义

名词 cat:

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

同义词：true cat

an informal term for a youth or man

同义词：guy, hombre, bozo

a spiteful woman gossip

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

同义词：kat, khat, qat, quat, Arabian tea, African tea

a whip with nine knotted cords

同义词：cat-o'-nine-tails

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

同义词：Caterpillar

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

同义词：big cat

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

同义词：computerized tomography, computed tomography, CT, computerized axial tomography, computed axial tomography

动词 cat:

beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails

eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

同义词：vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up

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。

补充

catcat英:[kæt] 美:[kæt]n.1.猫Cat would eat fish and would not wet her feet.猫儿想吃鱼, 又怕湿了脚。2.猫科动物Lions, tigers and leopards are all cats.狮、虎和豹都是猫科动物。

例句

1. Have you got a cat?你养猫吗？ 2. Lions will hunt as a team and they are the only cats to do so.狮子会结群捕食, 它们是唯一这么做的猫科动物。 3. She 's a real bag of cats this morning.她今天早上脾气真糟。 4. I was like a cat on a hot tin roof during the three recounts.我在三次重新计数时真是坐立不安。 5. All right, I've been reading it. So what?—Curiosity killed the cat, that's what.没错, 我一直在读它, 那又怎么样？——好奇害死猫, 就是这样。 6. Kelly told the jury that the couple fought like cat and dog.凯利告诉陪审团那对夫妇争吵得很激烈。 7. He let the cat out of the bag by revealing the Federal Government's real industrial agenda.他无意中说出了联邦政府真实的工业计划, 泄露了秘密。 8. I must look like something the cat dragged in.我看上去一定是蓬头垢面的。 9. We don't stand a cat in hell's chance of winning.我们毫无取胜的机会。 10. After three hours of playing cat and mouse, they threatened to open fire on our vessel, so we stopped.经过三小时猫捉老鼠似的追逐后, 他们威胁说要向我们的船开火, 我们就停下了。 11. The bank is poised to put the cat among the pigeons this morning by slashing the cost of borrowing.银行今晨大幅削减借款利率, 这势必会引起激烈争论。 12. It was described as a large, luxury mobile home, but there was barely room to swing a cat.被说成宽敞豪华的活动住房, 原来狭小得很。 13. a marbled cat.一只大理石花斑野猫。 14. his mother called me an old cat.他妈妈把我叫做老毒妇。 15. he continues to play cat and mouse with the UN inspection teams.他继续与联合国观察团玩猫戏老鼠的把戏。 16. the big cats (= lions, tigers, etc)大型猫科动物（如狮、虎等） 17. I have two dogs and a cat.我有两条狗和一只猫。 18. cat food猫粮 19. He's a cool cat.他是个冷静的人。 20. You cats are crazy!你们都疯了！ 21. "“You've been unusually quiet tonight,” she said. “What's the matter? cat got your tongue?”"“你今晚出奇地安静，”她说，“怎么回事？为什么不吭声？” 22. "We wanted the party to be a surprise, but he let the cat out of the bag."我们本想让聚会成为一个惊喜，但他泄露了秘密。 23. I need to take a shower—I look like something the cat dragged in.我需要冲个澡——我看起来很邋遢。 24. "After pointing out his teacher's mistake, he smiled like the cat that ate the canary."指出老师的错误后，他得意地笑了。 25. That car is the cat's meow. [=I really like that car]那辆车我真是很喜欢。 26. Going to the movies was the cat's pajamas when I was a kid.看电影是我小时候最喜欢的事情。 27. a catlike appearance猫一样的外表 28. catlike movements蹑手蹑脚的行动