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单词 house cat
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Definition of house cat in English:

house cat

noun
  • 1A domestic cat, especially one kept as a household pet.

    the most surprising thing they found is that the majority of the house cats weren't hunters
    Example sentencesExamples
    • We found that house cats will kill a wide variety of animals, including: lizards, voles, chipmunks, birds, frogs, and small snakes.
    • The house cat either came from European ancestors that remained in Asia or from North American cats that migrated from across the Bering land bridge, which spanned present-day Siberia and Alaska.
    • Every moving object poses a danger to drivers, from tumbleweeds to house cats crossing the road at night.
    • If it is true that big cats haven't lived wild in the U.K. for 2,000 years, then, judging from the results of a new survey, a lot of large house cats now roam the British countryside.
    • The southern French city of Marseille called off a three-week hunt for a black panther on Tuesday after the animal sighted by several residents turned out to be a large house cat.
    • The kestrel's diet consists of insects, birds, rodents, reptiles, amphibians, and sometimes even house cats.
    • House cats in two new suburbs of Canberra, Australia, will need to stay within homes and fenced backyards, new city rules propose.
    • In areas like Savannas, where the Scrub-jays are in close proximity to suburban habitats, house cats are important predators of many bird species.
    • After reviewing an average of 37 hours of footage per cat, researchers found that 30% of the roaming house cats were successful in killing prey.
    • On 19 June 1922 no puffins were breeding there, nor were any seen; the many predatory house cats that roamed there unchecked in 1922 were probably responsible.
    1. 1.1 A pet cat that is kept exclusively indoors.
      it could be that Penelope is a house cat and isn't used to being outdoors
      Example sentencesExamples
      • All the other house cats have taken up their usual positions by the log-burner.
      • Whether a pet-therapy animal or just a pet, beloved bunnies often are kept indoors like a house cat, trained to use a litter box, and spayed or neutered according to their sex.
      • My cat "Wookie" survived life as a near-starving alley cat and wound up as a beloved house cat through an unlikely series of biographical accidents.
      • About three months ago the Gomez family's house cat escaped through an open door.
      • This just underscores the fact that house cats are in grave danger when they're allowed outside the home.
      • We tried to see if we could find a house cat for the family, that would not go out, but we couldn't guarantee it wouldn't escape.
      • I should have made house cats out of them, even though they never had been when I rescued them.
      • I'd like to thank the birds for giving me (and my house cats) such watching pleasure.
 
 

Definition of house cat in US English:

house cat

noun
  • 1A domestic cat, especially one kept as a household pet.

    the most surprising thing they found is that the majority of the house cats weren't hunters
    Example sentencesExamples
    • On 19 June 1922 no puffins were breeding there, nor were any seen; the many predatory house cats that roamed there unchecked in 1922 were probably responsible.
    • In areas like Savannas, where the Scrub-jays are in close proximity to suburban habitats, house cats are important predators of many bird species.
    • House cats in two new suburbs of Canberra, Australia, will need to stay within homes and fenced backyards, new city rules propose.
    • After reviewing an average of 37 hours of footage per cat, researchers found that 30% of the roaming house cats were successful in killing prey.
    • The southern French city of Marseille called off a three-week hunt for a black panther on Tuesday after the animal sighted by several residents turned out to be a large house cat.
    • Every moving object poses a danger to drivers, from tumbleweeds to house cats crossing the road at night.
    • The kestrel's diet consists of insects, birds, rodents, reptiles, amphibians, and sometimes even house cats.
    • If it is true that big cats haven't lived wild in the U.K. for 2,000 years, then, judging from the results of a new survey, a lot of large house cats now roam the British countryside.
    • We found that house cats will kill a wide variety of animals, including: lizards, voles, chipmunks, birds, frogs, and small snakes.
    • The house cat either came from European ancestors that remained in Asia or from North American cats that migrated from across the Bering land bridge, which spanned present-day Siberia and Alaska.
    1. 1.1 A pet cat that is kept exclusively indoors.
      it could be that Penelope is a house cat and isn't used to being outdoors
      Example sentencesExamples
      • My cat "Wookie" survived life as a near-starving alley cat and wound up as a beloved house cat through an unlikely series of biographical accidents.
      • I'd like to thank the birds for giving me (and my house cats) such watching pleasure.
      • About three months ago the Gomez family's house cat escaped through an open door.
      • We tried to see if we could find a house cat for the family, that would not go out, but we couldn't guarantee it wouldn't escape.
      • All the other house cats have taken up their usual positions by the log-burner.
      • This just underscores the fact that house cats are in grave danger when they're allowed outside the home.
      • I should have made house cats out of them, even though they never had been when I rescued them.
      • Whether a pet-therapy animal or just a pet, beloved bunnies often are kept indoors like a house cat, trained to use a litter box, and spayed or neutered according to their sex.
 
 
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