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Some people use catfight for a fight between two women — often with the picture that they scratch and pull hair, like cats, rather than hit with fists the way men are imagined to. That picture is unfair, and many people find the word rude or sexist; they hear it as a way to make women look small and silly. It is informal gossip-and-TV English, not a kind word, and not a fair one. Though actually it can also mean a real fight between cats, which is the plain older reading; when the subject is people, the sting is the point. If you want to be decent, say they argued, or they fought, and leave the cats out of it.
女人互毆(輕蔑說法,不少人覺得冒犯)
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
catfightnoun
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A fight between cats.
- The caterwauling from the catfight in the back yard was awful; I couldn't get to sleep until it was over.
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slangA fight or bickering, especially between women.
- Nancy and Sheila got into a catfight when Nancy's boyfriend cheated on her with Sheila.
- Female conflict, seen in this kind of structure, works conveniently—it takes note of aggression in women and sets it against other women. Men are spared. The audience applauds. Everyone loves a catfight.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。