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词汇 alley-cat
释义 alley cat
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈæl.i ˌkæt/ us /ˈæl.i ˌkæt/
a cat that does not have an owner and lives on the streets of a city:
The neighbourhood is patrolled by an abundance of lean and mangy alley cats.
It's the story of a wily alley cat named Mittens.
Synonym
stray
disapproving
used to describe a person who will do whatever is necessary to get something or to survive:
fight like an alley catThe brothers used to fight like alley cats.
the morals of an alley catThese people have the morals of alley cats.
He was a big old black alley cat.
She had an alley cat's manners.
I can think of lots of times when we fought like alley cats.
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furball
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pet
predator
prey
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