Kilkenny cat

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A tenacious fighter.
    — Yet for my father the war was a source of considerable inner conflict; much as he detested Nazism he was psychologically incapable of desiring a British victory. (Very likely his secret wish was that Germany and Britain should do a Kilkenny cat act.

词形变化

Kilkenny cats plural

词源

Referring to an old story about two cats who fought to the death and ate each other up such that only their tails were left.
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