/kæt ||; kæt/noun[C] 1 a small animal with soft fur that people often keep as a pet 猫
2 a wild animal of the cat family 猫科动物: the big cats (= lions, tigers, etc) 大型猫科动物（如狮、虎等）
A young cat is called a kitten. A male cat is called a tom. When a cat makes a soft sound of pleasure, it purrs. When it makes a louder sound, it miaows. 小猫叫做kitten，雄猫叫做tom。猫的叫声有两种：呼噜作声，叫做 purr；咪咪喵喵地叫，就是miaow。