catty

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈkæt.i]
• 美式音标 [ˈkæt̬.i]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• adj. 阴险的；狡猾的；如猫的
• n. 斤（中国和一些东南亚国家使用的重量单位）
• n. (Catty)人名；(英、法)卡蒂

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• Each letter ends with a p.s. that's a catty quip about the feline in the house, a.k.a. "The Queen."
  每封信都以一个狡猾的附言结尾——都是对屋里那只叫做“王后”的猫的讥讽。
• Even the English language is stacked against the moggy.Spiteful people are dubbed as being "catty".
  英语中甚至充满了各种贬低猫的词语：恶毒的人被称为“像猫一样阴险狡猾”；
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• It's fine to enjoy watching catty contestants on The Bachelor snipe at one another — because, come on, we all know most women aren't like that.
  看“单身汉”里面那些恶毒的参赛者们互相诽谤是挺好的一种享受——因为我们都知道大多数女性不像那样。

原声例句

• And that's the VOA Special English Health Report, written by Catty Weaver.

权威例句

• More often than not, the conflict between the two felt strained, catty even, and not particularly funny.
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• The neighborhood at the center of the controversy, catty corner across the wide intersection, is a study in contrasts.
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• The tech world looks more like some catty soap-opera every day.
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词组短语

短语

• Catty Galore 猫狗大战
• One catty 一斤;元一斤
• Catty Ad 冒险
• be catty 爱诽谤人的;爱搬弄是非的
• Ratty Catty 猫鼠宝贝历险记

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• Catty words, especially speech, are unkind because they are intended to hurt someone.

柯林斯英英字典

• If someone, especially a woman or girl, is being catty, they are being unpleasant and unkind.
• a unit of weight, used esp in E Asia, traditionally equal to about one and a half pounds but formalized as 0.5 kg in China, 0.6 kg in Thailand, and about 0.605 kg in Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore ((Mandarin) Chinese name: jin)