scat
exclamation
informaluk/skæt/us/skæt/said to ananimal,especiallyacat, or to apersonto make them go awayquickly:
(驱赶人或猫等动物时用)嘘,走开"Scat!" heshouted,bendingtopickup thelettersthecathadknockedall over thefloor.
Phrases telling people to go away
- (go and) take a running jumpidiom
- beat it!idiom
- begone
- bike
- bog
- bog off
- bugger
- buzz
- fly
- go fly a kiteidiom
- go play with yourself!idiom
- go to blazesidiom
- go to hellidiom
- hop
- push
- shoo
- shove
- shove off!
- slingyourhookidiom
- sod off
scat
noun
uk/skæt/us/skæt/scatnoun(SINGING)
[U]
atypeofjazzsingingthat uses words with nomeaning:
(爵士乐中模仿乐器声的)拟声歌曲;拟声唱法Scat wasperfectedby Ella Fitzgerald.
Headdedbitsofcarefullycontrivedscatphrasing.
- In aflash,accordingtojazzhistorians, "scat" wasborn.
- Scat, likejazz, isrecognizedas one of thegreatinnovationsin thehistoryof 20thcenturypopularmusic.
- Watkiss has taken toincorporatingcomplexclassicalIndianstylings into hisrapid-firescatjazzvocals.
Jazz & blues
- acid jazz
- bebop
- blues
- bluesman
- bop
- free jazz
- funk
- funky
- honky-tonk
- jazz
- jazzy
- R & B
- ragtime
- rhythm and blues
- skiffle
- stride piano
- swing
- trad jazz
- traditional jazz
- twelve-bar blues
scatnoun(WASTE)
[CorU]
faeces(=solidbodywaste)leftbyanimals:
Thebearscat wasanalysedandfoundto come from agrizzly.
Bone may befoundintactinside scats.
- Hespottedsomefoxscat on thepavement.
- Watch forsignsliketracks, scat, andscratchmarksontrees.
- Tothrowthem off, hebacktrackedand useddeerandelkscats tocoverhisscent.
- Biologists havereceivedmanyrecentreportsofmountainlionsightings, as well asconfirmedexamplesoftracksand scat.
- Scientistsgatherscatsamples,dissectingthem insearchofbonesandfeathersfrom themammalsandbirdsthat thecreaturesfeedon.
Animal physiology: excrement & its excretion
- accident
- anal fissure
- bathroom
- be caught/taken shortidiom
- bowel
- crap
- doo-doo
- droppings
- excrement
- excreta
- excrete
- excretion
- faeces
- go to the bathroomidiom
- motion
- movement
- pass
- poo
- poop
- shit
scat
verb[I]
uk/skæt/us/skæt/tosingatypeofjazzthat uses words with nomeaning:
She scats through themelodywithunconsciousease.
Thejazzvocalistseamlesslyswitchedfrom scatting tocrooning.
Jazz & blues
- acid jazz
- bebop
- blues
- bluesman
- bop
- free jazz
- funk
- funky
- honky-tonk
- jazz
- jazzy
- R & B
- ragtime
- rhythm and blues
- skiffle
- stride piano
- swing
- trad jazz
- traditional jazz
- twelve-bar blues