英汉词典

cat 基本解释

• n. 猫，猫科动物

cat 词态变化

cat 中文词源

来自拉丁词cattus,猫。

cat 英文词源

cat

cat: [OE] The word cat seems to have appeared on the European scene, in the form of Latin catta or cattus, around 1000 AD (the previous Latin word was fēlēs, source of English feline). No one is completely sure where it came from (although given the domestic cat’s origins in Egypt, it is likely to have been an Egyptian word), but it soon spread north and west through Europe. The Latin word reached English via Germanic *kattuz, later backed up by Anglo-Norman cat, a variant of Old French chat.

cat (n.)

Old English catt (c. 700), from West Germanic (c. 400-450), from Proto-Germanic *kattuz (cognates: Old Frisian katte, Old Norse köttr, Dutch kat, Old High German kazza, German Katze), from Late Latin cattus.

The near-universal European word now, it appeared in Europe as Latin catta (Martial, c. 75 C.E.), Byzantine Greek katta (c. 350) and was in general use on the continent by c. 700, replacing Latin feles. Probably ultimately Afro-Asiatic (compare Nubian kadis, Berber kadiska, both meaning "cat"). Arabic qitt "tomcat" may be from the same source. Cats were domestic in Egypt from c. 2000 B.C.E., but not a familiar household animal to classical Greeks and Romans. The nine lives have been proverbial since at least 1560s.

The Late Latin word also is the source of Old Irish and Gaelic cat, Welsh kath, Breton kaz, Italian gatto, Spanish gato, French chat (12c.). Independent, but ultimately from the same source are words in the Slavic group: Old Church Slavonic kotuka, kotel'a, Bulgarian kotka, Russian koška, Polish kot, along with Lithuanian kate and non-Indo-European Finnish katti, which is from Lithuanian.

Extended to lions, tigers, etc. c. 1600. As a term of contempt for a woman, from early 13c. Slang sense of "prostitute" is from at least c. 1400. Slang sense of "fellow, guy," is from 1920, originally in U.S. Black English; narrower sense of "jazz enthusiast" is recorded from 1931.

Cat's paw (1769, but cat's foot in the same sense, 1590s) refers to old folk tale in which the monkey tricks the cat into pawing chestnuts from a fire; the monkey gets the nuts, the cat gets a burnt paw. Cat bath "hurried or partial cleaning" is from 1953. Cat burglar is from 1907, so called for stealth. Cat-witted "small-minded, obstinate, and spiteful" (1670s) deserved to survive. For Cat's meow, cat's pajamas, see bee's knees.

CAT

1975, medical acronym for computerized axial tomography or something like it. Related: CAT scan.

cat 词组搭配

cat 英文释义

1. feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable 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 vehicle that is driven by caterpillar tracks; 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

cat 双语例句

1. In " the black cat " the adjective " black " modifies the noun " cat " .

在the black cat这一词组中,形容词 black 修饰名词cat.

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2. About 30 major medical centers in the United States have xenon CAT scan technology.

美国大约有30家主要医疗中心有氙气CAT扫描仪技术.

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3. My cat Gustaf was the only thing I had—the only company.

我的猫古斯塔夫是我所有的一切——我唯一的伴侣。

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4. It's a cat-and-mouse game to him, and I'm the mouse.

在他看来，这是个猫捉老鼠的把戏，而我就是老鼠。

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5. Her cat came up and rubbed itself against their legs.

她的猫跑上前来，在他们腿上蹭来蹭去。

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cat 实用场景例句

cat food

猫食品

牛津词典

the big cats (= lions , tigers , etc.)

大型猫科动物（狮、虎等）

牛津词典

He thinks he's the cat's whiskers (= he has a high opinion of himself) .

他自以为了不起。

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I wanted it to be a surprise, but my sister let the cat out of the bag.

我想给大家来个惊奇，可我妹妹却先说漏了嘴。

牛津词典

She was like a cat on hot bricks before her driving test.

她考驾驶执照前十分紧张不安。

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It was described as a large, luxury mobile home, but there was barely room to swing a cat.

那个活动房被形容为宽敞豪华，可事实上几乎连转身的地儿都没有。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The bank is poised to put the cat among the pigeons this morning by slashing the cost of borrowing.

今天早上银行准备大幅下调贷款利率，这将引起轩然大波。

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I must look like something the cat dragged in.

我当时看上去一定很邋遢。

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After three hours of playing cat and mouse, they threatened to open fire on our vessel, so we stopped...

玩了3个小时的猫捉老鼠后，他们威胁说要向我们的船上开火，所以我们就停了下来。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

It's a cat-and-mouse game to him.

对他说来，就是一场猫捉老鼠的游戏。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

'All right, I've been reading it. So what?' — 'Curiosity killed the cat, that's what.'

“好了好了，我是一直在读这个。那又怎么样？”——“不怎么样，只是好奇心，惹祸根。”

柯林斯高阶英语词典

She was holding the cat in her arms and petting it tenderly.

她抱着猫,温柔地抚摸着它.

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The cat was sitting on an upturned crate.

猫儿蹲坐在倒放的板条箱上.

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A cat can retract its claws, but a dog can't.

猫的爪子可以缩进去, 但狗不能.

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She always keeps some titbit to give to her cat.

她总留点儿特别好吃的东西喂猫.

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The cat made a struggle to get free.

这只猫挣扎着想跑掉.

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The cat beat a hasty retreat when he saw the dog coming.

猫看到狗来时,就很快溜之大吉了.

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She opened the door and the cat whipped in.

她打开门,那只猫一闪而入.

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Aargh—get that cat off the table!

啊—把那猫从桌上赶走！

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The cat is on the chair trying to get at the bird.

猫在椅子上想逮那只鸟.

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I left my cat in trust with a neighbor while I went on holiday.

我去度假时把猫交给一个邻居照顾.

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The cat scratches with her claws.

猫用爪子抓.

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It is cruel to drown the cat in the river.

把猫淹死在河里是残忍的.

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She gave the cat a stroke.

她抚摸了一下猫.

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A picture of a cat on a log is a rebus for catalog.

谜画中有一只猫(cat) 站在一块木头(alog)上,谜底是catalog( 目录).

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The cat huddled itself on the cushion.

猫将身子缩成一团睡在椅垫上.

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A cat is a tame animal.

猫是一种温顺的动物.

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