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单词 alley cat
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Definition of alley cat in English:

alley cat

noun
  • A cat that lives wild in a town.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He was in the kitchen, preparing an elaborate plate of kibble for Beryl, a scarred alley cat he had recently acquired while searching an abandoned house for valuables.
    • When he needed his alley cat instincts, they were there, under all that domestication, all that soft living, which he takes for granted.
    • Elsie and Ena were chalk and cheese: Ena considered Elsie a flashy harlot with the morals of an alley cat; Elsie thought Ena was a mean-tempered, interfering old battle-axe.
    • It is while stranded that Duchess meets O'Malley, an alley cat.
    • In your case, with this particular kind of lie, the unhappy answer is that the guy is a player with the morals of an alley cat and the truth quotient of Pinocchio.
    • From the litter of kittens that were due to be born by a female alley cat that was currently being looked after by a vet, the next Mookie would become his pet, and best friend.
    • I don't want to insult you or anything, but girlfriend, you look like an alley cat caught in a downpour.
    • Paint crinkled off the walls of buildings from age, and no sign of life could be seen anywhere save for the occasional squeak of a rat or scurry of an alley cat chasing its dinner.
    • He leaned against the wall, watching an alley cat below.
    • Some may have considered her beautiful but Hazel had always thought she looked like an overgrown alley cat, ready to pounce.
    • However, the sudden movement frightened a nearby alley cat, sending it screeching into the night.
    • His mother-in-law has a mouth like a sewer and the manners of an alley cat.
    • One year at Westminster Seminary, the students adopted an alley cat - or it adopted us, we never were quite sure which.
    • Instinct is marvelous attribute when it comes to separating the tigers from the alley cats.
    • Befriend an alley cat that could benefit from some catnip and a few rubs.
    • No one from the apartment across hers had an open window, though some of their laundry was on a clothesline, and to her amusement a pair of flannel boxers had fallen and down alley cats were using them for a bed.
    • But look, everyone knows that when Gray Davis gets his back up against a wall, he comes out fighting like an alley cat.
    • He refuses to be confined to one place but prowls among New York, Rome, and India; he cultivates the air of an aristocratic alley cat.
    • Some are gifted incredibly with musical or artistic aptitudes, while others yowl like alley cats and can't draw a straight line.
    • But fear not, the morals of the inhabitants have not been reduced to those of an alley cat.
    Synonyms
    cat, domestic cat, wild cat, kitten
 
 

Definition of alley cat in US English:

alley cat

nounˈalē ˌkatˈæli ˌkæt
  • A cat that lives wild in a town.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But look, everyone knows that when Gray Davis gets his back up against a wall, he comes out fighting like an alley cat.
    • He refuses to be confined to one place but prowls among New York, Rome, and India; he cultivates the air of an aristocratic alley cat.
    • He was in the kitchen, preparing an elaborate plate of kibble for Beryl, a scarred alley cat he had recently acquired while searching an abandoned house for valuables.
    • Some may have considered her beautiful but Hazel had always thought she looked like an overgrown alley cat, ready to pounce.
    • From the litter of kittens that were due to be born by a female alley cat that was currently being looked after by a vet, the next Mookie would become his pet, and best friend.
    • One year at Westminster Seminary, the students adopted an alley cat - or it adopted us, we never were quite sure which.
    • However, the sudden movement frightened a nearby alley cat, sending it screeching into the night.
    • I don't want to insult you or anything, but girlfriend, you look like an alley cat caught in a downpour.
    • Instinct is marvelous attribute when it comes to separating the tigers from the alley cats.
    • He leaned against the wall, watching an alley cat below.
    • Elsie and Ena were chalk and cheese: Ena considered Elsie a flashy harlot with the morals of an alley cat; Elsie thought Ena was a mean-tempered, interfering old battle-axe.
    • When he needed his alley cat instincts, they were there, under all that domestication, all that soft living, which he takes for granted.
    • Befriend an alley cat that could benefit from some catnip and a few rubs.
    • Paint crinkled off the walls of buildings from age, and no sign of life could be seen anywhere save for the occasional squeak of a rat or scurry of an alley cat chasing its dinner.
    • It is while stranded that Duchess meets O'Malley, an alley cat.
    • In your case, with this particular kind of lie, the unhappy answer is that the guy is a player with the morals of an alley cat and the truth quotient of Pinocchio.
    • But fear not, the morals of the inhabitants have not been reduced to those of an alley cat.
    • His mother-in-law has a mouth like a sewer and the manners of an alley cat.
    • Some are gifted incredibly with musical or artistic aptitudes, while others yowl like alley cats and can't draw a straight line.
    • No one from the apartment across hers had an open window, though some of their laundry was on a clothesline, and to her amusement a pair of flannel boxers had fallen and down alley cats were using them for a bed.
    Synonyms
    cat, domestic cat, wild cat, kitten
 
 
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