a young cat Topics Animalsb2小猫 Oxford Collocations DictionaryKitten is used after these nouns:- sex
the young of several other animals, such as rabbits and beavers 小猫
Word Originlate Middle English kitoun, ketoun, from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French chitoun, diminutive of chat ‘cat’.
Idioms
have kittens
- (British English, informal)
to be very anxious, angry or upset about something 焦虑;烦躁;心慌意乱