单词 | tabby |
释义 | tab·by ![]() n. pl. tab·bies 1. A rich watered silk. 2. A fabric of plain weave. 3. a. A domestic cat with a coat that has stripes or swirls of darker fur on a lighter background. b. A domestic cat, especially a female. 4. A spinster. 5. A prying woman; a gossip. 6. South Atlantic US A mixture of oyster shells, lime, sand, and water used as a building material. adj. 1. Having light and dark striped or swirled markings: a Maine coon with a tabby pattern. 2. Made of or resembling watered silk. [French tabis, from Old French atabis, from Medieval Latin attabī, from Arabic 'attābī, after al-'Attābīya, a suburb of Baghdad, Iraq.] |
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