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BNC: 1712 COCA: 1775

cat

noun
 
/kæt/
/kæt/
Idioms
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  1.  
     a small animal with soft fur that people often keep as a pet. Cats catch and kill birds and mice.貓
    • a tin of cat food 一罐貓食
    • I have a cat called Bo.我有一只叫波的貓。
    • a pet/domestic cat寵物貓/家貓
    • a stray/feral cat流浪貓/野貓
    see also the Cheshire Cat, kitten, Manx cat, marmalade cat, Persian cat, pussycat, Siamese cat, tomcat
    Extra Examples
    • Cats mark their territory by spraying.貓撒尿標示自己的領地。
    • In our childhood Irina and I fought like cat and dog.童年時我和伊麗娜鬥得很兇。
    • The cat miaowed pitifully.貓喵喵地叫得可憐。
    • The cat slunk away into the darkness.貓溜走了，消失在黑暗中。
    • The cat was in constant pain so they had it put down.這只貓疼痛不止，他們只好把它人道處理了。
    • The stray cats are wormed and treated with flea powder.流浪貓給驅了腸蟲和用藥粉驅蚤。
    • There was a cat yowling outside my window last night.昨晚有只貓在我窗前哀號。
    • They didn't want kittens, so they had their cat spayed.他們不想要貓産崽，所以給它去了勢。
    • We have a pet cat called Archie.我們有一只叫阿奇的寵物貓。
    Topics Animalsa1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • domestic
    • family
    • house
    • …
    verb + cat
    • have
    • keep
    • own
    • …
    cat + verb
    • hiss
    • mew
    • miaow/​meow
    • …
    cat + noun
    • door
    • flap
    • food
    • …
    phrases
    • fight like cat and dog
    • fight like cats and dogs
    • play (a game of) cat and mouse
    • …
    See full entry
  2. a wild animal of the cat family貓科動物
    • the big cats (= lions, tigers, etc.)大型貓科動物（獅、虎等）
    • She went to Africa to photograph big cats.她去非洲拍攝大型貓科動物。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • domestic
    • family
    • house
    • …
    verb + cat
    • have
    • keep
    • own
    • …
    cat + verb
    • hiss
    • mew
    • miaow/​meow
    • …
    cat + noun
    • door
    • flap
    • food
    • …
    phrases
    • fight like cat and dog
    • fight like cats and dogs
    • play (a game of) cat and mouse
    • …
    See full entry
    3. see also fat cat, wildcat
    Word OriginOld English catt, catte, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kat and German Katze; reinforced in Middle English by forms from late Latin cattus.
Idioms
be the cat’s whiskers/pyjamas
  1. (old-fashioned, informal) to be the best thing, person, idea, etc.最棒的東西（或人、主意等）
    • He thinks he's the cat's whiskers (= he has a high opinion of himself).他自以爲了不起。
be raining cats and dogs
  1. (informal) to be raining heavily下傾盆大雨
(has the) cat got your tongue?
  1. (informal) said to somebody, especially a child, who stays silent when expected to speak, for example after being asked a question貓：對某人說的，特别是對一個孩子說的話，該人在期望講話時保持沉默，例如在被問到問題後
    • What's the matter? Cat got your tongue?發生了什麽事?貓咬了你的舌頭？
curiosity killed the cat
  1. (saying) used to tell somebody not to ask questions or try to find out about things that do not involve them好奇害死貓（讓人别提問或打聽與己無關的事情）
let the cat out of the bag
  1. to tell a secret carelessly or by mistake（無意中）洩露秘密
    • I wanted it to be a surprise, but my sister let the cat out of the bag.我想給大家來個驚喜，可我妹妹卻先說漏了嘴。
like a cat on a hot tin roof
(British English also like a cat on hot bricks)
  1. very nervous局促不安；如坐針氈；像熱鍋上的螞蟻
    • She was like a cat on a hot tin roof before her driving test.她在駕駛考試前就像熱鍋上的螞蟻。
like a cat that’s got the cream (British English)
(US English like the cat that got/ate/swallowed the canary)
  1. very pleased with yourself揚揚得意；躊躇滿志 synonym smug
    • She looked like a cat that’s got the cream. She was almost purring with pleasure.她看起來像一只沾了奶油的貓。她高興得幾乎發出咕噜聲。
like herding cats (informal)
  1. used to describe a very difficult task, especially one that involves organizing people如牧貓般困難（形容非常難的任務，尤涉及對人的組織管理）
    • Managing a political party is a lot like herding cats.管理一個政黨很像放牧一群貓，極爲困難。
look like something the cat brought/dragged in
  1. (informal) (of a person人) to look dirty and untidy穿着邋遢；衣衫褴褛；不修邊幅
no room to swing a cat
  1. (informal) when somebody says there’s no room to swing a cat, they mean that a room is very small and that there is not enough space沒有活動的餘地；連轉身都很難
not have/stand a cat in hell’s chance (of doing something)
  1. (informal) to have no chance at all毫無機會
play (a game of) cat and mouse with somebody | play a cat-and-mouse game with somebody
  1. to play a cruel game with somebody in your power by changing your behaviour very often, so that they become nervous and do not know what to expect和某人玩起貓捉老鼠的遊戲；耍弄
    • He thought the police were playing some elaborate game of cat and mouse and waiting to trap him.他以爲警察在玩精心設計的貓捉老鼠的遊戲，等着誘捕他。
    • Young car thieves enjoy playing cat and mouse with the police.年輕的盜車賊喜歡與警察玩貓捉老鼠的把戲。
put/set the cat among the pigeons
  1. (British English) to say or do something that is likely to cause trouble引起麻煩；招惹是非
    • Then she told them she was dropping out of college. That really set the cat among the pigeons.然後她告訴他們她要從大學退學了。那真是把貓放在鴿子中間了。
there’s more than one way to skin a cat
  1. (saying, humorous) there are many different ways to achieve something（要做成某事）方法不只一個，有的是辦法Topics Successc2
when the cat’s away, the mice will play
  1. (saying) people enjoy themselves more and behave with greater freedom when the person in charge of them is not there貓兒不在，老鼠玩得自在（指管事的不在，下面的玩個痛快）

Cat

/kæt/
/kæt/
(also Kat)
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  1. a first name for girls, short for Catherine or Katherine局促不安；如坐針氈；像熱鍋上的螞蟻

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