| 词汇 | cat |
| 释义 | cat noun [ C ] uk/kæt/ us/kæt/ A1 猫 a small animal with fur, four legs, a tail, and claws, usually kept as a pet or for catching mice 猫科动物 any member of the group of animals similar to the cat, such as the lion the cat family 猫科动物 See also: big cat
Idioms be the cat's whiskersidiom UK old-fashioned (US old-fashioned be the cat's meow/pajamas) 比别人都强；是最棒的 to be better than everyone else fight like cat and dogidiom UK informal (US fight like cats and dogs) 大吵大闹;争吵不休 to have angry arguments all the time As kids we used to fight like cat and dog. 小时候，我们总是吵吵闹闹的。 has the cat got your tongue?idiom informal （用于生气地质问）舌头让猫给叼走了吗？为什么不吭声？ something you say to someone when you are annoyed because they will not speak What's the matter? Has the cat got your tongue? 你怎么了？为什么不吭声？ let the cat out of the bagidiom 无意中泄秘，说漏嘴 to allow a secret to be known, usually without intending to I was trying to keep the party a secret, but Mel went and let the cat out of the bag. 我尽力守住要举办聚会这个秘密，可是梅尔一去就说漏了嘴。 like a cat on a hot tin roofidiom (UK old-fashioned like a cat on hot bricks) 如热锅上的蚂蚁，坐立不安 used to describe someone who is in a state of extreme nervous worry look like something the cat brought/dragged inidiom informal 看起来很邋遢 to look very untidy and dirty not have a cat in hell's chanceidiom UK informal (US not have a snowball's chance in hell) 毫无机会，根本不可能做到 to be completely unable to achieve something They haven't a cat in hell's chance of getting over the mountain in weather like this. 在这样的天气，他们根本不可能翻越这座山。 play cat and mouseidiom 玩猫戏老鼠的游戏；耍弄 to try to defeat someone by tricking that person into making a mistake so that you have an advantage over them The 32-year-old singer spent a large proportion of the week playing cat and mouse with the press. 那位32岁的歌手这周大部分的时间都花在了与媒体玩猫戏老鼠的游戏上。 put/set the cat among the pigeonsidiom UK （言行）造成轩然大波，招惹是非 to say or do something that causes trouble or makes a lot of people very angry while the cat's away, the mice will playidiom saying 猫儿不在，老鼠翻天;阎王不在，小鬼跳梁 said when the person who is in charge of a place is not there, and the people there behave badly |
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