英漢辭典

1. n. (名詞 noun)
   1. 貓,家貓

   Care killed the [a] cat.

   【諺】 憂慮傷身

   Curiosity killed the cat.

   【諺】 好奇惹禍

   A cat has nine lives.

   【諺】 貓有九命(指不易死)

   A cat may look at a king.

   【諺】 貓也有權看國王(指卑賤者也該有些權利)

   There are more ways of killing a cat than by choking it with cream.

   【諺】 有的是辦法(辦法不衹一種).

   (as) curious as a cat

   極為好管閒事

   When the cat's away, the mice will [do] play.

   【諺】 貓兒不在,老鼠翻天

   All cats are gray in the dark.

   【諺】 貓在夜晚皆灰色(醜妍暗中難分辨)

2. 2. [動] 貓科動物如獅、虎等

3. 3. 貓皮

4. 4. 愛抓人的孩子

5. 5. 夜間做案的賊

6. 6. (尤指)爵士樂演奏者[愛好者];追逐女人的男人

7. 7. 「棒擊木片」戲

8. 8. (一放就能立穩的)雙聯三腳架

9. 9. [口] 惡語傷人的女人,心地惡毒的女人

10. 10. [俚] 人,傢伙

11. 11. [海] 繫錨架

12. 12. [海] (桅在船首部分的)獨[單]桅帆船,中插板式獨桅帆船

13. 13. [美‧俚] 凱迪拉克牌汽車



14. vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)
    1. 用九尾鞭打

15. 2. [海] 把(錨)吊放在錨架上



16. vi. (不及物動詞 intransitive verb)
    1. [英‧俚] 嘔吐

柯林斯英英辭典

n. (noun)

1. domestic cat a small domesticated feline mammal, Felis catus (or domesticus), having thick soft fur and occurring in many breeds in which the colour of the fur varies greatly: kept as a pet or to catch rats and mice

2. big cat any of the larger felines, such as a lion or tiger

3. any wild feline mammal of the genus Felis, such as the lynx or serval, resembling the domestic cat

4. [old-fashioned] a woman who gossips maliciously

5. [Slang] a man; guy

6. [nautical] a heavy tackle for hoisting an anchor to the cathead

7. a short sharp-ended piece of wood used in the game of tipcat

8. short for catboat

9. short for Caterpillar

10. short for cat-o'-nine-tails

vt. (transitive verb)

1. [tr] to flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails

2. [tr] [nautical] to hoist (an anchor) to the cathead

3. a slang word for vomit

vi. (intransitive verb)

1. [Etymology] Old English catte, from Latin cattus; related to Old Norse köttr, Old High German kazza, Old French chat, Russian kot

n. (noun)

1. short for catamaran

n. (noun)

1. short for catalytic converter

2. (as modifier)

a cat car

adj. (adjective)

1. short for catalytic

a cat cracker