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单词 puss in the corner
释义

puss1 /pŭs/

noun
  1. A familiar name for a cat
  2. (in hunting or coursing) a hare
  3. A playfully pejorative name for a child or a girl
  4. A puss-moth
ORIGIN: Cf Du poes puss; Ir and Gaelic pus a cat

pussˈy noun

  1. A dimin of puss (also pussˈy-cat)
  2. Anything soft and furry
  3. A willow-catkin
  4. The female pudenda (slang; this and other sexual senses perh a different word)
  5. Sexual intercourse (slang)
  6. A woman considered as a sexual object (derog sl)
  7. A man considered as weak or ineffectual (derogatory slang)

pussˈ-gentleman noun (obsolete)

A dandy

puss in the corner noun

A children's game in which the places are continually being changed, while the player who is out tries to secure one of the places while it is empty

pussˈ-moth noun

A thick-bodied hairy notodontid moth (Dicranura, or Cerura, vinula) whose caterpillar feeds on willow or poplar leaves

pussˈyfoot noun

A prohibitionist (from Pussyfoot, nickname of William E Johnson (1862–1945), US revenue officer noted for his stealthy ways and his prohibitionist campaigns)

intransitive verb

  1. To go stealthily
  2. To act timidly, cautiously or non-committally

pussˈyfooter noun

pussˈy-whipped adjective (vulgar sl)

Bullied, henpecked

pussy willow noun

A common American willow, Salix discolor or other species with silky spring catkins

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