catamountain

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /kætəˈmaʊntɪn/|/-t(ə)n/    美 /kætəˈmaʊnt(ə)n/|[-ɾə-]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A leopard, a panther (Panthera pardus); also, an ocelot (Leopardus pardalis). also,attributive
    — Goe, charge my Goblins that they grinde their ioynts / With dry Convultions, ſhorten vp their ſinewes / With aged Cramps, & more pinch-ſpotted make them, / Than Pard, or Cat o' Mountaine.
  2. A man living in the mountains. broadly

词形变化

catamountains plural cat-a-mountain alternative cat o' mountain alternative

词源

From Late Middle English catamountain, from Middle English catte of the mountayne, cate of þe mounttaynne (“leopard, panther”).
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