puss是什么意思

puss

英 [p?s] 美 [p?s]

puss 貓咪，小貓

原為感嘆詞，呼喚貓咪的聲音，后成為小貓本身。

puss: puss: English has two distinct words puss. The origins of the one meaning ‘cat’ [16] are rather mysterious. It appears to have been borrowed from Middle Low German pūs, but there the trail goes cold. Since it is basically used for calling cats, it may have originated simply in an exclamation (like pss) used for gaining their attention. Puss the slang term for ‘mouth’ or ‘face’ [19] comes from Irish bus ‘lip, mouth’. Pussy ‘cat’ [18] is derived from puss, of course, but pussy the slang term for ‘cunt’ [19] may be Low German or Scandinavian origin (Low German had pūse ‘vulva’ and Old Norse púss ‘pocket, pouch’).
puss (n.1): "cat," 1520s, but probably much older than the record, perhaps imitative of the hissing sound commonly used to get a cat's attention. A conventional name for a cat in Germanic languages and as far off as Afghanistan; it is the root of the principal word for "cat" in Rumanian (pisica) and secondary words in Lithuanian (puz), Low German (puus), Swedish dialect katte-pus, etc. Applied to a girl or woman from c. 1600, originally in a negative sense, implying unpleasant cat-like qualities; but by mid-19c. in affectionate use.
puss (n.2): "the face" (but sometimes, especially in pugilism slang, "the mouth"), 1890, slang, from Irish pus "lip, mouth."

1. Well, come on, Puss, let's go in to supper.: 來(lái)吧, 淘氣包, 咱們進(jìn)屋去吃晚飯.

3. Very soon Puss had chased away all the rats and mice.: 沒(méi)過(guò)多久,普西就嚇跑了所有耗子.

5. Ashley can ride with the best and play poker with the best -- that's me, Puss!: 艾希禮能夠跟最出色的騎手騎馬,也能跟最出色的牌友玩撲克 ---- 我就是最出色的, 姑娘!