wild cat

短语

野猫

词形变化

wild cats 复数

别名

wild-cat

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An undomesticated felid, as tigers or lions.

  2. 2.

    A feral cat.

  3. 3.

    Alternative form of wildcat, (UK) the Old World wildcats (Felis silvestris) or (US) the bobcat (Lynx rufus) and other New World lynxes.

  4. 4.

    Alternative form of wildcat in its other extended senses.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

wolf beast savage brute wildcat well

上位词 9

cat attacker assailant feline aggressor oil well assaulter felid oiler

下位词 10

painter panther cougar puma lynx catamount catamountain European wildcat eyra jaguarondi

词源

From Middle English wyld cat, wylde cat (in the plural as wild cattes, wylde catis, wyle cattes), equivalent to wild + cat.

来源：wiktionary