cat-and-mouse

英['kæt'ændm'aʊs] 美['kæt'ændm'aʊs]
  • adj.折磨人的;一捕一放之捉弄人的
  • cat n.猫;猫科动物;狠毒的女人;吊锚机;独桅船;九尾鞭v.起锚;寻找性伴侣abbr.目录(=catalog)
  • life n.一生;生命;生活;人生
名词 cat and mouse:
  1. a game for children in which the players form a circle and join hands; they raise their hands to let a player inside the circle or lower their hands to bar a second player who is chasing the first

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. It was a cancer for permanency and pain.
      那简直是一颗永远折磨人的毒瘤。
    2. Sorrow and anxiety wear one more than hard work.
      忧愁和焦虑比艰苦工作更能折磨人。

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