kitty

FREQ #2993

n. 小猫, 全部赌注

发音

UK /ˈkɪti/
AU
CA /ˈkɪti/
US /ˈkɪti/
CA /ˈkʰɪɾi/
US /ˈkʰɪɾi/
NZ /ˈkʰɘ.ɾiː/

词形变化

kitties 复数

别名

kittie kbity kibty kity

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A young cat; a kitten.

    非正式

    He said there was a beast with fangs in the alley, but it turned out to be a cute little kitty.

  2. 2.

    An adult cat; also (often childish), sometimes in the form Kitty: a pet name for a cat of any age.

    猫咪

    猫仔

    非正式 引申义

    Here, kitty kitty! Nice kitty!

  3. 3.

    Synonym of pussy (“vulva and/or vagina”).

    委婉 俚语
  4. 1.

    Synonym of jack (“a small, typically white, ball used as the target ball in bowls”).

  5. 2.

    Synonym of pot (“a quantity of money available to be won in a round or a game”).

    俚语 游戏
  6. 3.

    Synonym of widow (“an additional hand of playing cards dealt face-down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder”).

    俚语 游戏
  7. 4.

    A pool of money to which card players contribute a portion of their winnings, which is used for paying shared expenses such as the cost of the premises or refreshments; (by extension) any pool of money to which people contribute for shared expenses or other joint purposes; also, any fund of liquid assets set aside for future use.

    俚语 游戏
  8. 1.

    A jail, a prison; also, a lockup.

    俚语
  9. 1.

    In full kitty-wren: synonym of wren (“any bird of the family Troglodytidae; specifically the Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)”).

    英国 方言
  10. 1.

    Synonym of kittiwake (“either of two small gulls in the genus Rissa of the family Laridae; specifically (Ireland, UK), the black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)”).

    英国 古体 方言

词汇关系

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词源

From kitt(en) + -y (diminutive suffix). Compare Dutch katje (“kitty”). Etymology 1 sense 2 (“vulva and/or vagina”) is probably modelled after the use of pussy to refer to the body part, from the appearance of an unshaven vulva.

来源:wiktionary