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单词 cat
释义
cat
noun[C]
uk
/kæt/us
/kæt/
A1
asmallanimalwithfur, fourlegs, atail, andclaws, usuallykeptas apetor forcatchingmice
猫
picture of cat
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anymemberof thegroupofanimalssimilarto the cat, such as thelion:
猫科动物
the catfamily猫科动物
See also
big cat
More examples
  • My catlikesdozinginfrontof thefire.
  • I usuallyfeedthe neighbour's cat while she's away.
  • She's alwayschasingcats out of thegardentoprotectherpreciousbirds.
  • A cat was miaowingpitifullyoutsidethedoor.
  • The catpurredas Istrokeditsfur.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Felines (cats)
  • Bengal tiger
  • big cat
  • calico cat
  • cat-sit
  • cat-sitter
  • feline
  • jaguar
  • kitten
  • leopard
  • lion
  • mouser
  • ocelot
  • panther
  • Persian cat
  • puma
  • Siamese
  • tiger
  • tigress
  • tom
  • tomcat
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Idioms

be the cat's whiskers
fight like cat and dog
has the cat got your tongue?
let the cat out of the bag
like a cat on a hot tin roof
like the cat that got the cream
look like something the cat brought/dragged in
not have a cat in hell's chance
play cat and mouse
put/set the cat among the pigeons
More idioms
while the cat's away, the mice will play
(Definition ofcatfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

cat| American Dictionary

cat
noun[C]
us
/kæt/

catnoun[C](ANIMAL)

asmall,furryanimalwith fourlegsand atail, oftenkeptas apet, or any of agroupofrelatedanimalsthat arewild, and some of which arelargeandfierce, such as thelion
CAT
noun[U]
us/kæt/

CATnoun[U](EXAMINATION)

abbreviation forcomputerizedaxial tomography(= a way of takingpicturesofstructuresinside thebody)
(Definition ofcatfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcat

cat
Because thecathas large receptive fields, these residual movements will seldom be consequential for visual physiology.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Transmission at the retino-geniculate synapse in cats is influenced by the structure of pre- and postsynaptic spike trains.
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The three cats were trained on two visual detection and orienting tasks that employed moved and static stimuli, and a landmark task.
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Both cats were trained on one experimental and two control tasks.
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However, cats never hesitated to approach the fixation target when the peripheral target was in the affected region of the hemifield.
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More than likely, the human child and thecathave come upon similar behavioral solutions to different problems.
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Oscillations of the spontaneous slow wave sleep rhythm in lateral geniculate nucleus relay neurons of behaving cats.
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Selective depletion of beta cells affects the development of alpha cells incatretina.
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Monocular activation of visual cortex in normal and monocularly deprived cats: an analysis of evoked potentials.
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Organization of visual pathways in normal and visually deprived cats.
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Furthermore, the large body size of females considerably reduces their potential predators and practically only feral cats and raptors can access them.
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As mentioned earlier, the role of dogs and cats in exposure of humans in regions of sylvatic transmission is not completely understood.
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Acatwalks by and wakes up the tiger.
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We have therefore investigated the functional organization of area 17 in adult cats with a surgically induced convergent squint angle.
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Two inward currents and the transformation of low frequency oscillations of rat andcatthalamocortical cells.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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Collocationswithcat

cat

These are words often used in combination withcat.

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black cat
She has a number of familiars including a black cat.
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Wikipedia
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domestic cat
Two domestic dogs and one domestic cat were also infected, whereas in the wild, 7 of 11 examined armadillos were infected.
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feral cat
If it appears necessary, we shall take steps to reduce the feral cat population.
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Hansard archive
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