The cat's whiskers 了不起的人物
今日小常识
Cats are a common cause of pet allergies. Proteins in cat saliva, urine and dried flakes of skin can cause allergic reactions to appear in just a few minutes. In other people, they can take several hours to develop.
猫是引起人们对宠物过敏最常见的动物种类之一。对猫过敏的人其实是对存在于猫的唾液、尿液和皮屑中的蛋白质有过敏反映。对猫过敏的症状呈现时间可以是在短短几分钟内不过也可能长达几小时。
今日短语
To be the cat's whiskers 是一个老式表达,指某人成为了了不起的人物。
例句
Mary thought she was the cat's whiskers in her new coat.
This is a posh school and everybody thinks its students are the cat's whiskers but the teachers know they are not!
请注意
在英语里,人们用 look like something the cat dragged in 这个表达来形容某物很脏或看起来很邋遢。
My friends and I went to Rio last year during the Carnival. After partying all day and all night, we looked like something the cat dragged in.