单词	tabby
释义	tabbytab‧by /ˈtæbi/ noun (plural tabbies) [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINtabby Origin: 1600-1700 tabby type of striped cloth (16-19 centuries), from French tabis, from Medieval Latin attabi, from Arabic, from Al-'Attabiya part of Baghdad where the cloth was originally made Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS He was a long-haired tabby she had found in the kitchen garden, old and nearly dead from starvation. Not even a sinister black cat, but a large and lazy-looking tabby. On the front cover, a dilute tabby looks nobly if nervously to its right. The first cats of this type were what we today call striped or mackerel tabby, covered with thin, dark lines. The two-year-old tabby was horrifically injured in a road accident. This tabby was no cheap date. This, it seems, is how the history of the tabby began. Within an old tabby wall are the grounds of the Stafford house, burned down over a hundred years ago. word sets WORD SETS► Pets Afghan, nounAlsatian, nounaviary, nounbark, nounbasset, nounbeagle, nounbedding, nounbeg, verbbow-wow, nounboxer, nounbudgerigar, nounbudgie, nounbull terrier, nounbunny, nouncage, nouncanary, nouncat, nouncat flap, nouncat litter, nouncattery, nounchihuahua, nounchoke chain, nouncollar, nouncollie, noundachshund, nounDalmatian, noundogcatcher, noundog collar, noundoggy, noundog warden, noundomestic, adjectivedomesticate, verbflea collar, nounfoxhound, nounfox terrier, noungerbil, nounGerman shepherd, noungolden retriever, noungoldfish, noungoldfish bowl, noungreyhound, nounhound, nounhousebroken, adjectivehouse-trained, adjectivekennel, nounkibble, nounkitten, nounkitty, nounLabrador, nounlap dog, nounlead, nounleash, nounleash, verblitter, nounmaster, nounmastiff, nounmew, verbmiaow, verbmoggy, nounmongrel, nounmutt, nounmuzzle, nounmuzzle, verbOld English sheepdog, nounPekinese, nounPersian cat, nounpet, nounpit bull terrier, nounpooper scooper, nounpuppy, nounpurr, verbpuss, nounpussy, nounsausage dog, nounsheepdog, nounSiamese cat, nounspaniel, nountabby, nounterrier, nountortoiseshell, nountoy, adjectiveunleash, verbwalkies, nounwater, verbwolfhound, nounwoof, interjectionworry, verb Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a tabby cat (=which has dark and light lines on brown or grey fur)· They had a 12-year-old tabby cat. a cat with light and dark lines on its fur—tabby adjective
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