核心畫面

One way to hold this word: not the cat that hunts, but the cat asleep on someone's lap with its paws tucked in. Cat is the plain name for the animal; pussycat is the animal at its softest, and the word carries that softness wherever it goes. It is what you say crouching down with a child, and it is what you say about the big loud colleague once you find out he is kind.