cats

英 [kæts] 美 [kæts]

n.  猫; 猫科动物
cat的第三人称单数和复数

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  1. 猫
    A cat is a furry animal that has a long tail and sharp claws. Cats are often kept as pets.
    1. 猫科动物
      Cats are lions, tigers, and other wild animals in the same family.
      1. See also: Cheshire cat fat cat wildcat
      2. (无意中)泄露秘密;说漏嘴
        If you let the cat out of the bag, you tell people about something that was being kept secret. You often do this by mistake.
        1. 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。”
        2. PHRASE 衣衫褴褛；不修边幅
          If you look like something the cat dragged in or brought 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。
        3. PHRASE (打斗、竞赛中)玩猫戏老鼠，戏弄，捉弄
          In a fight or contest, if one person plays cat and mouse, or a game 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。
        4. PHRASE 引起纷争;挑起轩然大波
          If you put the cat among the pigeons or set 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。
        5. 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。
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        双语例句

        1. I'm allergic to cats.
          我对猫过敏。
        2. Allergy to cats is one of the commonest causes of asthma.
          对猫类过敏是哮喘病发作最常见的诱因之一。
        3. Cats yowl. My dog's hair bristles in response.
          这些猫的哀叫引得我的狗毛发竖立。
        4. 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。
        5. Two cats or more in one house will also exhibit territorial behaviour
          一所房子里有两只以上的猫时也会出现划分地盘的行为。
        6. 60 per cent of dogs and ten per cent of cats have pedigrees.
          60%的狗和10%的猫有血统记录。
        7. 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。
        8. Stephen himself had a weakness for cats
          史蒂芬本人偏爱猫。
        9. 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）。
        10. We saw two more wild cats creeping towards us in the darkness
          我们看见又有两只野猫在黑暗中悄悄向我们靠近。
        11. Cats catch mice.
          猫逮老鼠。
        12. Cats are neat animals.
          猫是爱整洁的动物。
        13. Lions, tigers and leopards are all cats.
          狮、虎和豹都是猫科动物。
        14. Cats are very docile.
          猫是很驯服的。
        15. 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。
        16. At the zoo, the bears are next to the cats.
          在动物园里，熊仅次于猫科动物。
        17. Tge virus was recovered from the feces of the cats, dogs, foxes and starlings.
          从猫，狗，狐狸和燕八哥的粪便中回收到了tge病毒。
        18. Cats have a natural aversion to water.
          猫生来对水反感。
        19. Cats often find it easier to climb up a tree than to climb down.
          猫儿爬树往往是爬上去比爬下来容易些。
        20. Cats are very clean animals.
          猫是非常干净的动物。
        21. Cats have very sharp claws.
          猫有着锋利的脚爪。
        22. In the middle of the picnic it started to rain cats and dogs, and everybody got soaked.
          野餐进行中，突然大雨倾盆，每个人身上都湿透了。
        23. My sister always takes pity on some stray cats or dogs.
          我妹妹总是哀怜无家可归的猫或狗。
        24. They eat cats and dogs.
          他们吃猫和狗。
        25. 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。
        26. I saw lots of cats and hats.
          我看见许多猫和帽子。
        27. Which do you like best, dogs, cats or chickens?
          狗，猫和鸡你最喜欢哪一种动物？
        28. Americans love cats and dogs!
          美国人非常喜爱猫和狗！
        29. 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！
        30. If my pets, I like cats and dogs.
          如果让我养宠物的话，我很喜欢猫和狗。
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