catty 英 [ˈkæti]   美 [ˈkæti]

catty

catty  英 [ˈkæti] 美 [ˈkæti]

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) 

名词复数:catties 

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”;

  • Someone who's catty is mean and nasty. A catty student on a school bus might refuse to let another child sit beside him, saying, "You smell bad."
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  • 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)
  • 1. 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。

  • 2. 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”;

  • 3. 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。

  • catty (adj.) 1886, "devious and spiteful," from cat (n.) + -y (2). Slightly earlier in this sense was cattish. Meaning "pertaining to cats" is from 1902. Related: Cattily; cattiness.
catty / ˈkæti ; NAmE ˈkæti / adjective ( informal) ( cat·tier , cat·ti·est ) (of a woman 女人 ) saying unkind things about other people 散布流言蜚语的;刁钻刻薄的;搬弄是非的 SYN bitchy , spiteful a catty comment 尖酸刻薄的话 cat·ti·ness / ˈkætinəs ; NAmE ˈkætinəs / noun [uncountable ] catty cattier cattiest catty / ˈkæti ; NAmE ˈkæti / cat·ti·ness / ˈkætinəs ; NAmE ˈkætinəs /
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