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    A large wild cat found in the Americas, also called a mountain lion or puma - same animal, different names in different places. In slang, especially in North America, 'cougar' refers to an older woman who dates or is interested in much younger men - this use can come across as rude or joking, so use it carefully.

    美洲獅(山獅);(俚語,需謹慎使用)喜歡與年輕男性交往的年長女性

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Cougarnoun

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    slangA student or alumnus of the Washington State University.

    • The most helpful part of having a Washington State MBA is using the Cougar connection. Boeing is the most common example; you can always find a Cougar at Boeing who is in the department you're interested in. Once a Coug always a Coug.

cougarnoun/ˈkuːɡə/

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    A wild feline, of species Puma concolor, native to the Americas.

    • They are found in Brasil, Paraguay, and in the country of the Amazons; and there is reason to believe that the animal, described by some travellers, under the name of the Ocorome, in Peru, is the same as the cougar, as well as that in the country of the Iroquois, which has been considered as a tiger, thought it is neither striped like that animal, nor spotted like the panther.
    • The Cougar has entirely disappeared, or is very rarely met with. This animal was about the size of the wolf, of a gray color, strong, active, fierce and untameable.
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    derogatoryslangAn older woman who actively seeks the casual, often sexual, companionship of younger men, by implication a female “sexual predator”.

    • A cougar approached Warren at the Palomino Club and asked for a dance.
    • I am 26 years old and in a respectful but super-sexual relationship with a recent divorcée in her 40s. (A "cougar," in local slang.)

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。