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catlike

/kat-lahyk/US // ˈkætˌlaɪk //

猫一样,猫样,猫一样的,猫式

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : resembling or typical of a cat: catlike eyes.
    • : swift and graceful.
    • : stealthy and noiseless: The scouts crept up on their quarry with catlike tread.

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Examples

  • So, like real pumas, the women who waited to see are just tiptoeing away, catlike, from the battle.

  • To all appearances, the green-eyed lady was not at home—not unless those catlike eyes of hers were capable of seeing in the dark.

  • Burke straightened as I came forward, squatted and drove forward with catlike speed.

  • Only the prying eyes of the catlike presence disturbed the sacred moment.

  • He walked softly, with catlike tread, along by the wall to where the thick curtains shut out the inner apartment.

  • And Richard saw before his eyes a white-robed, catlike Arab, swinging upon a picketed chestnut charger.