“流浪猫”用英语怎么说?
·1. 流浪猫:stray cats·
/streɪ/ 常用作动词,表示to move away from the place where you should be, without intending to,无意中离开了自己该待着的地方,偏离原本的路线,误入了另一个地方,走失,迷路。
例:They got lost when they strayed too far from the path during their hike in the woods.
他们在林中徒步旅行时,因偏离路径太远而迷路了。
它也可以用作形容词 (只用在名词前) 或者名词,a stray animal or a stray is lost or has no home,指原本有主人但是走失了或者被遗弃了的宠物,最常见的流浪动物:stray cats,stray dogs。
例:He adopted a stray cat from an animal shelter and named her Luna.
他从动物收容所领养了一只流浪猫,并给它取名叫露娜。
例:We found a stray kitten meowing outside our house last night. It was so hungry and scared.
昨晚,我们在家门口发现了一只喵喵叫的流浪小猫,它又饿又害怕。kitten /'kɪtn/ 表示a yound cat,小猫。meow /mi'aʊ/ 猫叫。
例:A lot of the stray cats on campus were once pets that were abandoned by students who graduated and moved away.
校园里很多流浪猫以前都是宠物,是被毕业搬走的学生遗弃的。
·2. 野猫:feral cats·
/'ferəl/ 形容词,表示feral animals used to live with humans but have become wild,形容动物恢复野性的。
feral cats,野猫,通常是长期没有主人的猫或者是流浪猫的后代,从一出生就是野猫,不和人接触所以不亲人,生人靠近会跑,但是能自己找吃的,很适应室外野外的生活,不一定适合收养在室内。
feral cats是野化的家猫,品种还是和家猫一样,这样的“野猫”不叫wildcats,wildcats一般指的是山猫、加拿大猞猁之类的中等体型、未驯化的野生猫科动物。
例:I tried to feed a feral cat in the park yesterday, but it ran off the moment I got close.
昨天我想喂公园里的一只野猫,但一靠近它它就跑了。
例:In the countryside, feral cats hunt birds, mice and other small animals for food.
在农村,野猫会捕食小鸟、老鼠和其他小动物。
