- 1貓的、似貓的
"Feline" means relating to cats — it can describe an actual cat's body or movement (like "feline grace," meaning and smooth the way cats move), or it can be a more formal or scientific word for "cat," used especially by vets or in biology ("feline diseases," "a feline shelter"). It can also describe a person who moves smoothly and quietly, in a cat-like way — "she had a feline walk."
From the word’s history
From Latin fēlīnus, from fēlēs 'wildcat'.
借自拉丁文 fēlīnus「貓的」，源自 fēlēs「野貓」。
組成From Latin "feles," meaning "cat," + -ine (adjective ending, "relating to").
同家族的字
- caninefeline and canine form a matching pair — both use the -ine adjective ending, one for cats and one for dogs
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felineadj詞源 1/ˈfiːlaɪn/
- 1
Of or pertaining to cats.
- feline behaviour
- feline expert
- 2
catlike (resembling a cat); sleek, graceful, inscrutable, sensual, and/or cunning.
- feline character
- feline movement
felinenoun詞源 2/ˈfiːlaɪn/
- 1
A cat: member of the cat family Felidae.
- 2
A cat: member of the cat family Felidae.
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