cats

英 [kæts]

美 [kæts]

n.  猫; 猫科动物
cat的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• 猫
  Acatis a furry animal that has a long tail and sharp claws. Cats are often kept as pets.
• 猫科动物
  Catsare lions, tigers, and other wild animals in the same family.
• See also:Cheshire catfat catwildcat
• (无意中)泄露秘密;说漏嘴
  If youlet the cat out of the bag, you tell people about something that was being kept secret. You often do this by mistake.
• PHRASE 好奇害死猫；事不关己，不要打听
  You say 'Curiosity killed the cat' in order to tell someone that they should not try to find out about something which does not concern them.
  1. '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。”
• PHRASE 衣衫褴褛；不修边幅
  If youlook like something the cat dragged inorbrought in, you are very untidy or dirty.
  1. I must look like something the cat dragged in.
     我当时看上去一定很邋遢。
• PHRASE (打斗、竞赛中)玩猫戏老鼠，戏弄，捉弄
  In a fight or contest, if one person playscat and mouse, or agame of cat and mouse, with the other, the first person tries to confuse or deceive the second in order to defeat them.
  1. 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。
  2. It's a cat-and-mouse game to him.
     对他说来，就是一场猫捉老鼠的游戏。
• PHRASE 引起纷争;挑起轩然大波
  If youput the cat among the pigeonsorset the cat among the pigeons, you cause fierce argument or discussion by doing or saying something.
  1. 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。
• PHRASE 地方狭小;空间拥挤
  If you say 'There's no room to swing a cat' or 'You can't swing a cat', you mean that the place you are talking about is very small or crowded.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• It is very cold outside, you'd better huddle the little cats.
  外面很冷，你最好把小猫都聚在一起。
• Cats have very sharp claws.
  猫有着锋利的脚爪。
• If you love cats, and you love games-this is the place for you!
  如果你喜欢猫，和你爱的游戏-这是你的地方！
• There was no evidence of a connection between BSE and the brain diseases recently confirmed in cats
  没有证据表明疯牛病与最近确诊的猫类脑病有关联。
• Cats positively revel in heat, whether natural or man-made.
  猫确实喜暖，不管是自然的还是人工创造的温暖环境。
• Cats are neat animals.
  猫是爱整洁的动物。
• A new pet census showed that cats now outnumber dogs by a whisker ( 7 million to 6.9 million)
  新的宠物普查显示出猫的数量略微超过了狗的数量（700万比690万）。
• They eat cats and dogs.
  他们吃猫和狗。
• We were about to get home, when it began to rain cats and dogs.
  我们快要到家了，这时候下起了倾盆大雨。
• Lions, tigers and leopards are all cats.
  狮、虎和豹都是猫科动物。