grimalkin
英 [grɪ'mælkɪn; -'mɔːl-]
美
英文词源
- grimalkin (n.)
- name given to a cat, 1620s, as in, or from, Shakespeare's Gray-Malkin, in "Macbeth" (1605), hence any cat, especially an old she-cat; from gray (adj.) + Malkin, diminutive of fem. proper name Matilda or Maud.
双语例句
- 1. On one of these I stretched myself,and Grimalkin mounted the other.
- 我躺在一条凳子上，老母猫跳上了另一条。
来自辞典例句