Word · Frequency #13303
kitty
赌注总额
the combined stakes of the betters
- 1.
Synonym of jack (“a small, typically white, ball used as the target ball in bowls”).
球戏中的目标球,通常是小的、白色的。
- 2.
the combined stakes of the betters
赌注者共同下注的赌金
- 3.
the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)
游戏(如扑克)中累积的赌注总额
- 4.
young domestic cat
家养小猫
球戏中的目标球,通常是小的、白色的。；赌注者共同下注的赌金；游戏(如扑克)中累积的赌注总额；家养小猫；小猫
In use
Before the game starts, we each put ten dollars into the kitty.
The poker player who won the final hand took the whole kitty.
We decided to use the kitty to buy pizzas for everyone after the tournament.
a/the kitty
用于指小猫，常与不定冠词或定冠词连用。
The children found a tiny kitty in the garden.
孩子们在花园里发现了一只小猫咪。
in the kitty
指赌博或共同基金中的全部赌注。
We added our winnings to the kitty.
我们把赢来的钱加入了赌注总额。
Common mistakes
There are many kitty in the garden.There are many kitties in the garden.
Connections
Collocations
- kitty cat
- 小猫咪；猫咪
- My niece loves her toy kitty cat.我侄女喜欢她的玩具猫咪。
- here, kitty kitty
- （唤猫语）猫咪，过来
- He knelt and called, "Here, kitty kitty!"他跪下喊道：“猫咪，过来！”
- kitty litter
- 猫砂
- We need to buy more kitty litter.我们需要多买些猫砂。
- feed the kitty
- 凑赌金；往赌金池里投钱
- Each player must feed the kitty before the deal.发牌前每位玩家都必须向赌金池里投钱。
- put into the kitty
- 投入赌金池
- He put all his coins into the kitty.他把自己所有的硬币都投进了赌金池。
- the whole kitty
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 kitty 想象成小猫 kitten 的儿语昵称，看到 kitty 就想到毛茸茸的小猫咪，喵喵叫着要你陪它玩。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：对宠物说话或儿童口语、非正式扑克或博彩场合 表示“小猫”时，kitty 通常用于非正式、亲昵的口语，比如对宠物说话或儿童用语；表示纸牌/游戏中的赌注总额时，也比较常见于非正式赌局或朋友聊天。正式书面语中一般较少用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词与 kitty /ˈkɪti/ 押韵：witty、gritty、pretty、city（均以 /ɪti/ 结尾）。注意拼写易混但读音不同：kite /kaɪt/ 的元音是 /aɪ/，kitten /ˈkɪtən/ 以 /ən/ 结尾，都不与 kitty 押韵。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.