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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。
赌注总额
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
赌注总额
the combined stakes of the betters
The children found a tiny kitty in the garden.
孩子们在花园里发现了一只小猫咪。
球戏中的目标球,通常是小的、白色的。
Synonym of jack (“a small, typically white, ball used as the target ball in bowls”).
赌注者共同下注的赌金
the combined stakes of the betters
游戏(如扑克)中累积的赌注总额
the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)
家养小猫
young domestic cat
Before the game starts, we each put ten dollars into the kitty.
比赛开始前，我们每人往赌注池里放十美元。
The poker player who won the final hand took the whole kitty.
赢了最后一局的扑克玩家拿走了全部赌注。
We decided to use the kitty to buy pizzas for everyone after the tournament.
我们决定用这笔公共赌金在 tournament 结束后给大家买披萨。
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。
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。
Not this
There are many kitty in the garden.
Use this
There are many kitties in the garden.
Kitty 是可数名词，复数形式为 kitties。中文中名词没有复数变化，学习者容易忘记加 -ies。
Not this
We split a kitty after the game.
Use this
We split the kitty after the game.
Kitty 指赌注总和时是特指的，通常与定冠词 the 连用。中文可能直接说“分赌注”而忽略冠词。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
小猫咪；猫咪
My niece loves her toy kitty cat.
我侄女喜欢她的玩具猫咪。
（唤猫语）猫咪，过来
He knelt and called, "Here, kitty kitty!"
他跪下喊道：“猫咪，过来！”
猫砂
We need to buy more kitty litter.
我们需要多买些猫砂。
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。
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。
全部赌金
The winner took the whole kitty.
赢家拿走了全部赌金。
凑份子；把钱凑到公共用款里
Everyone put money into the kitty to buy a leaving present for the manager.
每个人都凑了钱，给经理买一份告别礼物。
斜对面的；斜对角方向的
The coffee shop is kitty-corner from the library, so let's meet there.
咖啡厅在图书馆的斜对面，我们就在那儿见吧。
凯蒂猫（日本三丽鸥公司推出的著名卡通形象）
A little kitty is hiding under the sofa.
一只小猫咪正躲在沙发下面。
Use kitty naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
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。
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。
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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.