If something is catty-corner, or catty-cornered, it sits on the diagonal: across the square from you, not next door and not straight across the street. American, informal.

If something is catty-corner, or catty-cornered如果某樣東西是catty-corner或catty-cornered，it sits on the diagonal它是斜對角的：across the square from you在廣場對面斜著的那邊，not next door and not straight across the street不是隔壁，也不是馬路正對面。American, informal美式、口語用法。

Many people say kitty-corner instead; some older speakers say cater-corner. All of them mean the same thing, and none of them have anything to do with cats, though they sound as if they do.

Many people say kitty-corner instead很多人會改說kitty-corner；some older speakers say cater-corner一些年紀較大的人會說cater-corner。All of them mean the same thing這些說法意思都一樣，and none of them have anything to do with cats而且都跟貓一點關係都沒有，though they sound as if they do雖然聽起來很像有關係。

The older form was cater-corner, from a word related to four — think of the four corners of a square, then the line between opposite corners. People heard cater and reshaped it toward catty and kitty.

The older form was cater-corner比較古老的形式是cater-corner，from a word related to four來自一個跟「四」有關的字——think of the four corners of a square想像一個正方形的四個角，then the line between opposite corners再想對角之間的那條線。People heard cater and reshaped it toward catty and kitty人們聽到cater後把它改造成catty和kitty。

You will not hear this much in British English; they would just say diagonally opposite.

You will not hear this much in British English在英式英語裡你不太會聽到這個說法；they would just say diagonally opposite他們就只會說diagonally opposite斜對面。