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单词 cat flap
释义

cat flap

See also: catflap and cat-flap

English

A cat passing through a cat flap

Alternative forms

  • cat-flap, catflap

Noun

cat flap (plural cat flaps)

  1. Small hinged panel, usually cut into a door, with an opening just big enough for a cat to enter.
    • 1984, Arthur Hailey, Strong Medicine, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 340:
      Then, one Saturday when Martin was working but Yvonne wasn't, she brought a saw and other tools with which she constructed a hinged "cat flap" in a rear down-stairs door. It meant that the cats were free to come and go at any time, the effect being healthier for the pets and for the household.
    • 1988, Fay Weldon, The Heart of the Country, Viking, →ISBN, page 142:
      Jane had sealed up the cat flap, closed the ever-open window of the laundry, but there the cat somehow managed to be, staring up with a look of dependence.
    • 2006, Louise Rennison, Startled by His Furry Shorts, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 104:
      I let the cats out because they couldn't be arsed going through the cat flap. They were just sitting in front of the cat flap and yowling.

Translations

See also

  • doggie door
  • pet door

Anagrams

  • flat cap
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