A child first labels the household pet cat as a "cat" and then generalizes this label to other animals that look like it.
孩子先把家养的宠物猫称为“猫”，然后把这个称呼扩大到其他看起来像猫的动物。
In 2001, the International Cat Association accepted it as a new registered breed.
在2001年，国际猫协会接受了它作为一个新的注册品种。
The servant was greatly frightened, and said, "It may perhaps be only a cat or a dog."
仆人吓坏了，说：“也许只是一只猫或是一条狗。”
There is a cat outside the apartment building that starts to meow and the boys are interested in it.
公寓大楼外面有一只猫开始喵喵叫，男孩们对它很感兴趣。
The eastern cougar is often called the "ghost cat" because it has been so rarely glimpsed in northeastern states in recent decades.
东部美洲狮经常被叫做“鬼猫”，因为近几十年来在美国东北部各州这种动物的影子着实难得一见。
With time, the lump grew, and it was all but impossible to find a veterinarian who would treat her since she was not a dog, cat or farm animal.
随着时间的推移，肿块渐渐长大，因为她不是狗、猫或农场动物，几乎不可能找到能治疗她的兽医。
I wanted it to be a surprise, but my sister let the cat out of the bag.
我想给大家来个惊奇，可我妹妹却先说漏了嘴。
When Oscar the cat lost both his hind paws in a farming accident, it was feared he'd have to trundle around in one of those wheeled-cat apparatuses.
当猫叔奥斯卡因一次农作事故失去两只后爪后，人们担心他恐怕得靠那种轮式装备滑来滑去了。
It ain't much--a cat does that much--but it's better than nothing.
这算不了什么——连猫也会这么做——但总比没有强。
She went and opened it, and it was a young fox, who said: "What may you be about, Miss Cat?"
她走过去打开门，是一只年轻的狐狸，它问：“你过得好吗，猫小姐？”
My cat, Tiger, hates it when I use my iPad because it takes my attention away from him.
我的猫泰格讨厌我用 iPad，因为这会分散我对它的注意。
If you've never actually owned a cat, but are thinking of it, talk to cat owners, or offer to house-sit for a cat owner.
如果你从来没有养过猫，但正在考虑养一只，那就去和猫主人聊聊，或者帮他们照看一下家。
This woman was a cat hater and everyone knew it, so he asked her, "Why are you buying cat food?"
众所周知，这个女人讨厌猫，所以他问她：“你为什么要买猫粮？
I tried to hold my cat in my arms, but it ran away from me in fear.
我试着把猫抱在怀里，但它从我身边害怕地跑开了。
The wolf greeted her, and said: "Good day, Mrs. Cat of Kehrewit, how comes it that alone you sit?"
狼问候她说：“你好，凯瑞维特的猫夫人，你怎么一个人坐着？”
The cat looked so cute that the children begged to keep it.
这只猫看起来非常可爱，孩子们都求着要养它。
It was the Fox and the Cat, but one could hardly recognize them, for they looked so miserable.
这是狐狸和猫，但是人们几乎认不出他们了，因为他们看起来很悲惨。
The Cat seemed to think that there was enough of it now in sight, and no more of it appeared.
那只猫似乎认为现在已经够了，再也不显现其他部位。
Steve saw it and quickly went to find Jim, telling him what the cat had done.
史蒂夫看到了，赶紧去找吉姆，告诉他猫做了什么。
"It turned into a pig," Alice quietly said, just as if the Cat had come back in a natural way.
“它变成了一头猪。”爱丽丝平静地说，就好像猫是自然地回来了。
Around the size of a domestic cat, it creeps around the rainforests of Madagascar, drumming its fingers on tree trunks - up to 40 times a minute - listening for subtle variations in pitch.
指猴有家猫大小，爬行在马达加斯加的热带雨林附近，用手指在树干上发出击鼓声——高达每分钟40次——同时倾听音准的微妙变化。
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