catfight

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源自cat +‎ fight

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catfight (複數 catfights)

  1. 打架
    The caterwauling from the catfight in the back yard was awful; I couldn't get to sleep until it was over.
    後院裡貓打架時的叫聲太難聽了,它們消停下來之前我根本睡不着。
  2. (俚語) (尤指女人之間的)打架吵架
    近義詞: hairpulling contest(澳大利亞) scragfight
    Nancy and Sheila got into a catfight when Nancy's boyfriend cheated on her with Sheila.
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    • 1980, Louise Bernikow, Among Women, New York: Harmony Books,頁號 207:
      Female conflict, seen in this kind of structure, works conveniently—it takes note of aggression in women and sets it against other women. Men are spared. The audience applauds. Everyone loves a catfight.
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    • 2005, Maureen Dowd, Are Men Necessary?, →ISBN頁號 310:
      There was a time when I would get furious and fire off an angry note if someone cast me in a catfight with a woman colleague. I assumed that catfights would fade as women progressed. They seemed so retro.
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  • (女人之間打架) catty

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