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单词 cheshire cat
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Cheshire cat


noun

a constantly grinning cat in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

Idioms for Cheshire cat

    grin like a Cheshire cat, to smile or grin inscrutably.

Words nearby Cheshire cat

Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, Chesapeake Bay, Chesapeake Bay retriever, che sarà sarà, Cheshire, Cheshire cat, Cheshire cheese, Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshunt, Cheshvan
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Example sentences from the Web for Cheshire cat

  • Leila relaxed exaggeratedly in her chair, her Cheshire-cat smile predominating her features.

    Marjorie Dean College Junior|Pauline Lester
  • But on the Cheshire-cat hypothesis, the social problem can never be solved, because it is not a real problem at all.

    The Behavior of Crowds|Everett Dean Martin
  • Alice was a little startled by seeing the Cheshire-Cat sitting on a bough of a tree a few yards off.

    Alice in Wonderland|Lewis Carroll

Cultural definitions for Cheshire cat

Cheshire cat
[ (chesh-uhr) ]

A cat with an enormous grin encountered by Alice in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll. The cat tends to disappear, leaving only its smile hanging in the air.

notes for Cheshire cat

“Smiling like a Cheshire cat” refers to anyone with a conspicuous and long-lasting smile.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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