Definition of feline in English:

feline

adjective ˈfiːlʌɪnˈfiˌlaɪn

1Relating to or affecting cats or other members of the cat family.
（有关）猫（科）的；感染猫的
feline leukaemia
猫白血病。
Example sentencesExamples
- Their front canine teeth are large and feline, perfect for grasping prey and slashing it open.
- My cat, being a fully paid-up member of the fastidious feline world, now refuses to eat anything else.
- Having just recently lost a very favourite feline member of our household, the title caught my eye immediately.
- And the feline family ‘plays’ with its food before eating it, taunting and chasing their prey.
- And Sam does not like cats so a family with feline pets would not be suitable.
- From the other side of the bushes, a powerful, feline shape emerged: a leopard.
- The cat and the dog belong to different families: canine and feline.
- Your cat is currently vaccinated for distemper, rabies, feline leukemia and any other syndrome for which there is a form of prevention.
- Healthy rats - even those bred for hundreds of generations in the laboratory - show distinct anxiety around feline odors.
- My mother began to feed the neighborhood cats so that we developed a fair size feline family outside.
- Humans have long imitated feline attributes and graces.
- To test cats for feline leukemia virus and immune deficiency virus, vets check for the presence of the virus itself, not the antibody levels.
1. 1.1 Resembling or suggestive of a cat.
  he moved with feline grace
  Example sentencesExamples
  The door opened to reveal Jade walking into my room with her feline grace.
  Unafraid and unhurried, the great black beast padded silently down the centre of the trail, not quite a cat but a fluid feline shape.
  I had no points of reference, all I remember are androgynous, anonymous feline shapes emerging from barn doors.
  Marc walked by me and leaned upon the mantle with his familiar feline grace that never ceased to impress me.
  She had four legs with large clawed paws beneath her white-furred feline shape.
  Hitting the ground with feline grace, he propelled himself to the right, gaining some distance from his assailant and ending the first round of combat.
  It was a curious face, comely and yet feline, with a subtle suggestion of cruelty about the straight, strong little mouth and chubby jaw.
  There were two eyes, oval in shape and quite feline in their appearance, riding above a long, thin, pointed nose.
  My favorite shot in the film is near the end when the women are all hugging each other on the escalator, just acting with a sort of animal, feline grace.
  At the masquerade party, my head was covered with a black skullcap with cute little feline ears.
  Her lithe body moved with an ethereal fluidity and feline grace.
  He was a big man, yet stroked the ball with an almost feline grace.
  He realized that they were feline in shape almost like a cat, though much longer than any cat he had ever seen.
  Its design studio has to style cars with the sinuous, feline grace that defines the brand, while making sure new offerings look fresh.
  A wad of linen is painstakingly molded into the precise shape of a feline nose.
  Despite this, he was young and strong-looking, with a feline sort of grace.
  Synonyms
  catlike, leonine
  graceful, sleek, sinuous, slinky, sensual
  stealthy

noun ˈfiːlʌɪnˈfiˌlaɪn

A cat or other member of the cat family.
（有关）猫（科）的；感染猫的
Example sentencesExamples
- The conservancy believes feral felines should be removed permanently from the environment and taken to shelters.
- Many of them have to be re-homed and, whilst it's less of a problem for the younger cats, many of the older felines get left behind.
- If you, like many people, consider your canine or feline to be simply another member of the family, you will have the peace-of-mind that they are well cared for!
- For felines all over the world - from docile house cats to Bengal tigers - clawing is an essential characteristic of being a cat.
- If it was good enough for the cat she'd had growing up the two pampered felines could deal with it too.
- But except for the Florida felines, as far as one can tell, wild cougars no longer live east of the Mississippi.
- Concern over cat welfare and the rising number of feral felines came to a head at a summit last Thursday.
- Furry housepets - especially felines - have long been blamed for allergies and breathing problems in people.
- This means the feline faces a high risk of extinction in the wild in the medium-term future.
- She specialized in felines; from the alley cat to the Siberian Tiger.
- Large felines like the bobcat and lynx don't have this physical feature, but the cougar does.
- Perhaps people soon realized they could perhaps use the felines to control these pests.
- These creatures had facial similarities with felines and canines, but matched none in build.
- With a little love, work and patience, you can transform ferocious felines and despondent dogs into friends of the family.
- She leapt back with all the grace of a feline, landing ever so lightly on her feet.
- She moved across the room with the grace of a feline, putting her hand on his chest when she reached him.
- The cats lounge about the garden, lazy felines basking under the warm sun.
Synonyms
cat, domestic cat, wild cat, alley cat, kitten
tabby, tomcat, tom, queen, mouser
informal puss, pussy, pussy cat
British informal moggie, mog
archaic grimalkin

Derivatives

felinity

noun fɪˈlɪnɪtifiˈlɪnədi

She smiled in satisfaction and walked with an uncanny felinity, calling out.
Example sentencesExamples
- She very nearly made Edie feel inadequate by the sheer felinity of her movements, by the sensuous grace of her silent prowl, the lively flicks of her tail.

Origin

Late 17th century: from Latin felinus, from feles 'cat'.

cat from Old English:
The original Latin word for cat was feles, literally ‘she who bears young’ and also used of other animals such as polecats that were domesticated to keep down mice. This is the source of our feline (late 17th century). In the early centuries ad cattus appears in Latin. It is generally thought to be Egyptian, as this is where cats were first domesticated, but a Slavic language is another possibility. Most modern European languages used a word derived from this. It is typical of the different roles played in English by words from Latin and Germanic sources that while feline is generally linked with positive words like ‘grace’, catty (late 19th century) is an insult. Catgut (late 16th century) is typically made from sheep not cats, and may come from a joke about the caterwauling (Late Middle English), from cat and a word related to ‘wail’, noise that can be produced from the strings. Cat features in many colourful English expressions. A cat may look at a king, meaning ‘even a person of low status or importance has rights’, is recorded from the mid 16th century. If you let the cat out of the bag you reveal a secret, especially carelessly or by mistake. The French have a similar use of ‘bag’ in the phrase vider le sac, literally ‘empty the bag’, meaning ‘tell the whole story’. When the cat's away the mice will play dates from the 15th century. To put the cat among the pigeons was first recorded in 1706, and appears then to have referred to a man causing a stir by surprising a group of women. No room to swing a cat probably refers not to the animal but to a cat-o'-nine-tails, a form of whip with nine knotted cords which was formerly used to flog wrongdoers, especially at sea. Something really good might be called the cat's whiskers, the cat's pyjamas or, in North America, the cat's miaou. Like the bee's knees, these expressions were first used in the era of the ‘flappers’, the 1920s. African-Americans started calling each other cats from the middle of the 19th century, a meaning that jazz musicians and fans took up. See also whisker.

Rhymes

beeline, treeline

Definition of feline in US English:

feline

adjectiveˈfēˌlīnˈfiˌlaɪn

1Relating to or affecting cats or other members of the cat family.
（有关）猫（科）的；感染猫的
feline leukemia
猫白血病。
Example sentencesExamples
- Having just recently lost a very favourite feline member of our household, the title caught my eye immediately.
- Your cat is currently vaccinated for distemper, rabies, feline leukemia and any other syndrome for which there is a form of prevention.
- My cat, being a fully paid-up member of the fastidious feline world, now refuses to eat anything else.
- My mother began to feed the neighborhood cats so that we developed a fair size feline family outside.
- From the other side of the bushes, a powerful, feline shape emerged: a leopard.
- Healthy rats - even those bred for hundreds of generations in the laboratory - show distinct anxiety around feline odors.
- Humans have long imitated feline attributes and graces.
- To test cats for feline leukemia virus and immune deficiency virus, vets check for the presence of the virus itself, not the antibody levels.
- And Sam does not like cats so a family with feline pets would not be suitable.
- Their front canine teeth are large and feline, perfect for grasping prey and slashing it open.
- The cat and the dog belong to different families: canine and feline.
- And the feline family ‘plays’ with its food before eating it, taunting and chasing their prey.
1. 1.1 Catlike, especially in beauty or slyness.
  似猫的（尤指如猫般美丽、狡猾）
  her face was feline in shape
  她的脸形像猫。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He was a big man, yet stroked the ball with an almost feline grace.
  He realized that they were feline in shape almost like a cat, though much longer than any cat he had ever seen.
  My favorite shot in the film is near the end when the women are all hugging each other on the escalator, just acting with a sort of animal, feline grace.
  A wad of linen is painstakingly molded into the precise shape of a feline nose.
  I had no points of reference, all I remember are androgynous, anonymous feline shapes emerging from barn doors.
  She had four legs with large clawed paws beneath her white-furred feline shape.
  There were two eyes, oval in shape and quite feline in their appearance, riding above a long, thin, pointed nose.
  Her lithe body moved with an ethereal fluidity and feline grace.
  Marc walked by me and leaned upon the mantle with his familiar feline grace that never ceased to impress me.
  Hitting the ground with feline grace, he propelled himself to the right, gaining some distance from his assailant and ending the first round of combat.
  At the masquerade party, my head was covered with a black skullcap with cute little feline ears.
  Unafraid and unhurried, the great black beast padded silently down the centre of the trail, not quite a cat but a fluid feline shape.
  Its design studio has to style cars with the sinuous, feline grace that defines the brand, while making sure new offerings look fresh.
  It was a curious face, comely and yet feline, with a subtle suggestion of cruelty about the straight, strong little mouth and chubby jaw.
  Despite this, he was young and strong-looking, with a feline sort of grace.
  The door opened to reveal Jade walking into my room with her feline grace.
  Synonyms
  catlike, leonine

nounˈfēˌlīnˈfiˌlaɪn

A cat or other member of the cat family.
（有关）猫（科）的；感染猫的
Example sentencesExamples
- Furry housepets - especially felines - have long been blamed for allergies and breathing problems in people.
- Concern over cat welfare and the rising number of feral felines came to a head at a summit last Thursday.
- The conservancy believes feral felines should be removed permanently from the environment and taken to shelters.
- If you, like many people, consider your canine or feline to be simply another member of the family, you will have the peace-of-mind that they are well cared for!
- She specialized in felines; from the alley cat to the Siberian Tiger.
- With a little love, work and patience, you can transform ferocious felines and despondent dogs into friends of the family.
- If it was good enough for the cat she'd had growing up the two pampered felines could deal with it too.
- But except for the Florida felines, as far as one can tell, wild cougars no longer live east of the Mississippi.
- For felines all over the world - from docile house cats to Bengal tigers - clawing is an essential characteristic of being a cat.
- Large felines like the bobcat and lynx don't have this physical feature, but the cougar does.
- The cats lounge about the garden, lazy felines basking under the warm sun.
- Perhaps people soon realized they could perhaps use the felines to control these pests.
- Many of them have to be re-homed and, whilst it's less of a problem for the younger cats, many of the older felines get left behind.
- She moved across the room with the grace of a feline, putting her hand on his chest when she reached him.
- This means the feline faces a high risk of extinction in the wild in the medium-term future.
- She leapt back with all the grace of a feline, landing ever so lightly on her feet.
- These creatures had facial similarities with felines and canines, but matched none in build.
Synonyms
cat, domestic cat, wild cat, alley cat, kitten

Origin

Late 17th century: from Latin felinus, from feles ‘cat’.

词汇	feline
释义	Definition of feline in English: feline adjective ˈfiːlʌɪnˈfiˌlaɪn 1Relating to or affecting cats or other members of the cat family. （有关）猫（科）的；感染猫的 feline leukaemia 猫白血病。 Example sentencesExamples Their front canine teeth are large and feline, perfect for grasping prey and slashing it open. My cat, being a fully paid-up member of the fastidious feline world, now refuses to eat anything else. Having just recently lost a very favourite feline member of our household, the title caught my eye immediately. And the feline family ‘plays’ with its food before eating it, taunting and chasing their prey. And Sam does not like cats so a family with feline pets would not be suitable. From the other side of the bushes, a powerful, feline shape emerged: a leopard. The cat and the dog belong to different families: canine and feline. Your cat is currently vaccinated for distemper, rabies, feline leukemia and any other syndrome for which there is a form of prevention. Healthy rats - even those bred for hundreds of generations in the laboratory - show distinct anxiety around feline odors. My mother began to feed the neighborhood cats so that we developed a fair size feline family outside. Humans have long imitated feline attributes and graces. To test cats for feline leukemia virus and immune deficiency virus, vets check for the presence of the virus itself, not the antibody levels. 1.1 Resembling or suggestive of a cat. he moved with feline grace Example sentencesExamples The door opened to reveal Jade walking into my room with her feline grace. Unafraid and unhurried, the great black beast padded silently down the centre of the trail, not quite a cat but a fluid feline shape. I had no points of reference, all I remember are androgynous, anonymous feline shapes emerging from barn doors. Marc walked by me and leaned upon the mantle with his familiar feline grace that never ceased to impress me. She had four legs with large clawed paws beneath her white-furred feline shape. Hitting the ground with feline grace, he propelled himself to the right, gaining some distance from his assailant and ending the first round of combat. It was a curious face, comely and yet feline, with a subtle suggestion of cruelty about the straight, strong little mouth and chubby jaw. There were two eyes, oval in shape and quite feline in their appearance, riding above a long, thin, pointed nose. My favorite shot in the film is near the end when the women are all hugging each other on the escalator, just acting with a sort of animal, feline grace. At the masquerade party, my head was covered with a black skullcap with cute little feline ears. Her lithe body moved with an ethereal fluidity and feline grace. He was a big man, yet stroked the ball with an almost feline grace. He realized that they were feline in shape almost like a cat, though much longer than any cat he had ever seen. Its design studio has to style cars with the sinuous, feline grace that defines the brand, while making sure new offerings look fresh. A wad of linen is painstakingly molded into the precise shape of a feline nose. Despite this, he was young and strong-looking, with a feline sort of grace. Synonyms catlike, leonine graceful, sleek, sinuous, slinky, sensual stealthy noun ˈfiːlʌɪnˈfiˌlaɪn A cat or other member of the cat family. （有关）猫（科）的；感染猫的 Example sentencesExamples The conservancy believes feral felines should be removed permanently from the environment and taken to shelters. Many of them have to be re-homed and, whilst it's less of a problem for the younger cats, many of the older felines get left behind. If you, like many people, consider your canine or feline to be simply another member of the family, you will have the peace-of-mind that they are well cared for! For felines all over the world - from docile house cats to Bengal tigers - clawing is an essential characteristic of being a cat. If it was good enough for the cat she'd had growing up the two pampered felines could deal with it too. But except for the Florida felines, as far as one can tell, wild cougars no longer live east of the Mississippi. Concern over cat welfare and the rising number of feral felines came to a head at a summit last Thursday. Furry housepets - especially felines - have long been blamed for allergies and breathing problems in people. This means the feline faces a high risk of extinction in the wild in the medium-term future. She specialized in felines; from the alley cat to the Siberian Tiger. Large felines like the bobcat and lynx don't have this physical feature, but the cougar does. Perhaps people soon realized they could perhaps use the felines to control these pests. These creatures had facial similarities with felines and canines, but matched none in build. With a little love, work and patience, you can transform ferocious felines and despondent dogs into friends of the family. She leapt back with all the grace of a feline, landing ever so lightly on her feet. She moved across the room with the grace of a feline, putting her hand on his chest when she reached him. The cats lounge about the garden, lazy felines basking under the warm sun. Synonyms cat, domestic cat, wild cat, alley cat, kitten tabby, tomcat, tom, queen, mouser informal puss, pussy, pussy cat British informal moggie, mog archaic grimalkin Derivatives felinity noun fɪˈlɪnɪtifiˈlɪnədi She smiled in satisfaction and walked with an uncanny felinity, calling out. Example sentencesExamples She very nearly made Edie feel inadequate by the sheer felinity of her movements, by the sensuous grace of her silent prowl, the lively flicks of her tail. Origin Late 17th century: from Latin felinus, from feles 'cat'. cat from Old English: The original Latin word for cat was feles, literally ‘she who bears young’ and also used of other animals such as polecats that were domesticated to keep down mice. This is the source of our feline (late 17th century). In the early centuries ad cattus appears in Latin. It is generally thought to be Egyptian, as this is where cats were first domesticated, but a Slavic language is another possibility. Most modern European languages used a word derived from this. It is typical of the different roles played in English by words from Latin and Germanic sources that while feline is generally linked with positive words like ‘grace’, catty (late 19th century) is an insult. Catgut (late 16th century) is typically made from sheep not cats, and may come from a joke about the caterwauling (Late Middle English), from cat and a word related to ‘wail’, noise that can be produced from the strings. Cat features in many colourful English expressions. A cat may look at a king, meaning ‘even a person of low status or importance has rights’, is recorded from the mid 16th century. If you let the cat out of the bag you reveal a secret, especially carelessly or by mistake. The French have a similar use of ‘bag’ in the phrase vider le sac, literally ‘empty the bag’, meaning ‘tell the whole story’. When the cat's away the mice will play dates from the 15th century. To put the cat among the pigeons was first recorded in 1706, and appears then to have referred to a man causing a stir by surprising a group of women. No room to swing a cat probably refers not to the animal but to a cat-o'-nine-tails, a form of whip with nine knotted cords which was formerly used to flog wrongdoers, especially at sea. Something really good might be called the cat's whiskers, the cat's pyjamas or, in North America, the cat's miaou. Like the bee's knees, these expressions were first used in the era of the ‘flappers’, the 1920s. African-Americans started calling each other cats from the middle of the 19th century, a meaning that jazz musicians and fans took up. See also whisker. Rhymes beeline, treeline Definition of feline in US English: feline adjectiveˈfēˌlīnˈfiˌlaɪn 1Relating to or affecting cats or other members of the cat family. （有关）猫（科）的；感染猫的 feline leukemia 猫白血病。 Example sentencesExamples Having just recently lost a very favourite feline member of our household, the title caught my eye immediately. Your cat is currently vaccinated for distemper, rabies, feline leukemia and any other syndrome for which there is a form of prevention. My cat, being a fully paid-up member of the fastidious feline world, now refuses to eat anything else. My mother began to feed the neighborhood cats so that we developed a fair size feline family outside. From the other side of the bushes, a powerful, feline shape emerged: a leopard. Healthy rats - even those bred for hundreds of generations in the laboratory - show distinct anxiety around feline odors. Humans have long imitated feline attributes and graces. To test cats for feline leukemia virus and immune deficiency virus, vets check for the presence of the virus itself, not the antibody levels. And Sam does not like cats so a family with feline pets would not be suitable. Their front canine teeth are large and feline, perfect for grasping prey and slashing it open. The cat and the dog belong to different families: canine and feline. And the feline family ‘plays’ with its food before eating it, taunting and chasing their prey. 1.1 Catlike, especially in beauty or slyness. 似猫的（尤指如猫般美丽、狡猾） her face was feline in shape 她的脸形像猫。 Example sentencesExamples He was a big man, yet stroked the ball with an almost feline grace. He realized that they were feline in shape almost like a cat, though much longer than any cat he had ever seen. My favorite shot in the film is near the end when the women are all hugging each other on the escalator, just acting with a sort of animal, feline grace. A wad of linen is painstakingly molded into the precise shape of a feline nose. I had no points of reference, all I remember are androgynous, anonymous feline shapes emerging from barn doors. She had four legs with large clawed paws beneath her white-furred feline shape. There were two eyes, oval in shape and quite feline in their appearance, riding above a long, thin, pointed nose. Her lithe body moved with an ethereal fluidity and feline grace. Marc walked by me and leaned upon the mantle with his familiar feline grace that never ceased to impress me. Hitting the ground with feline grace, he propelled himself to the right, gaining some distance from his assailant and ending the first round of combat. At the masquerade party, my head was covered with a black skullcap with cute little feline ears. Unafraid and unhurried, the great black beast padded silently down the centre of the trail, not quite a cat but a fluid feline shape. Its design studio has to style cars with the sinuous, feline grace that defines the brand, while making sure new offerings look fresh. It was a curious face, comely and yet feline, with a subtle suggestion of cruelty about the straight, strong little mouth and chubby jaw. Despite this, he was young and strong-looking, with a feline sort of grace. The door opened to reveal Jade walking into my room with her feline grace. Synonyms catlike, leonine nounˈfēˌlīnˈfiˌlaɪn A cat or other member of the cat family. （有关）猫（科）的；感染猫的 Example sentencesExamples Furry housepets - especially felines - have long been blamed for allergies and breathing problems in people. Concern over cat welfare and the rising number of feral felines came to a head at a summit last Thursday. The conservancy believes feral felines should be removed permanently from the environment and taken to shelters. If you, like many people, consider your canine or feline to be simply another member of the family, you will have the peace-of-mind that they are well cared for! She specialized in felines; from the alley cat to the Siberian Tiger. With a little love, work and patience, you can transform ferocious felines and despondent dogs into friends of the family. If it was good enough for the cat she'd had growing up the two pampered felines could deal with it too. But except for the Florida felines, as far as one can tell, wild cougars no longer live east of the Mississippi. For felines all over the world - from docile house cats to Bengal tigers - clawing is an essential characteristic of being a cat. Large felines like the bobcat and lynx don't have this physical feature, but the cougar does. The cats lounge about the garden, lazy felines basking under the warm sun. Perhaps people soon realized they could perhaps use the felines to control these pests. Many of them have to be re-homed and, whilst it's less of a problem for the younger cats, many of the older felines get left behind. She moved across the room with the grace of a feline, putting her hand on his chest when she reached him. This means the feline faces a high risk of extinction in the wild in the medium-term future. She leapt back with all the grace of a feline, landing ever so lightly on her feet. These creatures had facial similarities with felines and canines, but matched none in build. Synonyms cat, domestic cat, wild cat, alley cat, kitten Origin Late 17th century: from Latin felinus, from feles ‘cat’.
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