单词	tabby
释义	tab·by I. \ˈtabē, -bi\ noun (-es) Etymology: French tabis, from Middle French atabis, from Medieval Latin attabi, from Arabic 'attābī, from Al-'Attābīya, quarter in Baghdad where it was originally made 1.  a. archaic   (1) : a plain silk taffeta especially with a moiré finish   (2) : a dress of this fabric  b.   (1) : plain weave    < tabby is used for more purposes than any other weave — Harriette Brown >   (2) : a fabric in plain weave 2. [tabby (II) ]  a. : a domestic cat having a gray or tawny coat striped and mottled with black and with the individual hairs variously banded and barred  b. : a domestic cat; especially : a female cat   < tabbies and toms > 3.  a. : a prying woman : busybody, gossip   < some old tabbies would begin asking questions — Helen Eustis >  b. chiefly Britain : spinster 3 [tabby 2a] II. adjective 1.  a. : made of tabby   < a tabby waistcoat >  b. : of or relating to tabby   < tabby weave > 2.  a. : striped and mottled with black or with another color darker than the ground color : brindled   < a tabby cat >   < white with a tabby saddle on his back — Ngaio Marsh >   — compare mackerel  b. : domestic   < turn a tabby cat into a tiger — Newsweek > III. noun (-es) Etymology: Gullah 'tabi, of African origin; akin to Wolof tabax wall of a house made of sand, lime, or mud, Hausa ta'bo mud, Kongo ntaba muddy place : a cement made of lime, sand or gravel, and oyster shells and used chiefly along the coast of Georgia and So. Carolina in the 17th and 18th centuries — compare tabia, tapia
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