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grimalkin

/gri-mal-kin, -mawl-/US // grɪˈmæl kɪn, -ˈmɔl- //UK // (ɡrɪˈmælkɪn, -ˈmɔːl-) //

严正声明,严酷的人,严酷的人际关系,严苛的环境

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a cat.
    • : an old female cat.
    • : an ill-tempered old woman.

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Examples

  • Poor Grimalkin is caught with the nuts in his claws, and will have something to bear in addition to the pain of the burning!

  • One of the kittens, mewing plaintively, crawled to Grimalkin, and thrust its minute pink nose into his side.

  • Grimalkin often caught and ate beetles, but to-night he did not look at them, but wandered restlessly about the room.

  • No sooner was his back turned than Grimalkin slipped across the yard and approached circumspectly.

  • Had it been a tom-cat who had leaped at his game, Grimalkin's paw would speedily have buffeted his ears.