How to describe the various behaviors of cats in English? How should common cat-raising products be expressed in English? Master the following basic "Cat Star English" and embark on the path of no return to practice as a bilingual shoveler!
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01 Crying sound
Everyone knows that the cat's meow is "meow" in Chinese and the dog's barking is "Wang". The English words of these two words are
meow (meow) and woof (Wang).
Meow is still very similar to the Chinese "meow", but the dog's bark is not like "Wang" at all. There are many strange onomatopoeia in English that are very different from Chinese, such as the sheep's "baa" - "baa (the a here can be extended infinitely)", and the pig's "huhhh" - oink... If you are interested, you can do your homework after class, which is absolutely interesting.
Example sentence:
My cat kept chirping all night.
My cat was meowing the whole night last night.
02 Action
02 Poop shovelers with a little experience know how to judge emotions and health through the behavior of the cat owner. Here are a few common action words:
- Purring: The gurgling sound of a cat when it is happy
- Wondering around: Walk around
- Crouching: The defensive posture of kneeling on the hind limbs and straightening the forelimbs - The English Crouching Tiger/Hidden Dragon in "Crouching Tiger/Hidden Dragon" is this word. Tiger is also a cat family after all~
- Kneading: What we often call "step on milk" - keep rubbing and "stepping" a soft surface
- Grooming: Whether it is a cat licking its own hair, or a pet store to clean it, the word is used
- Stretching: stretching the body to relax
- Arching (back) : arch back
- Raising hair: erect hair
- Crying: That's right, English users often use "cry" to describe the state of meowing when cats are unhappy
03 Cat raising equipment
Cat litter , English is called cat litters. The litter here is the same word as the litter we often say, but it actually has another meaning "physical material with absorption", which is an important attribute of cat litter material. Similarly, the English word for cat litter box is litter tray or litter box (as the name suggests, box is generally a box-shaped litter box with a lid).
What are the different cat litter types in English?
The most common bentonite cat litter: Clay Litters
crystal cat litters : Crystal Litters
tofu cat litters: Tofu Litters
deodorant cat litters: Deodorant Litters
condensation cat litters: Clumping Litters
flushable toilet type cat litters: flushable Litters
other natural materials cat litters: wood (wood)/ pine (pine)/wheat (wheat)/corn (corn)
-shit shovel: scooph
-trailer: harness
-cat scratching board/posttml1
-nail clippers (same name as humans)
-cat feeding bowl: cat bowl
-cat hair comb: brush
-cat food: cat food: divided into dry food and wet food, as well as "cat snacks" used to please the master to reward cats - cat treats.
-collar and Bell (bell)
- Cat box/cage/pack/box/space capsule when taking a cat out, etc., can be collectively called travel carrier
04 Path to practice for shovelers
-Sterilization desexing
0-Sterilization desexing
sterilization of pets - desex (verb). Its noun form is desexing—refers to the sterilization. If you adopt a cat at a regular pet adoption agency, it will be a cat that has been spayed in most cases.
Example sentence:
What is sterilization?
What is desexing?
When should I take my cat for sterilization?
When is it best to desex my kitten?
-Vaccination(s)
The importance of vaccines does not need to be said, especially if you decide to let the cat owner be an "outdoor cat".
Example sentence:
I will take my cat to get vaccinated soon.
I will vaccinate my cat soon.
When will my cat be vaccinated next time?
Excuse me, when is my cat’s next vaccination appointment ?
-Pest control and deworming: Parasite Prevention Deworming
The focus of insect prevention is prevention, and the focus of deworming is treatment - that is, the situation where you already know the existence of parasites, or you strongly suspect that you or your pet have been infected with parasites.
-Implant (injection) anti-lost chip microchipping
Although the word "Chinese is long," it is very concise in English - microchipping. It refers to the injecting microchips into pets.
-Other related words:
Veterinarian: Veterinarian is referred to as vet for short, and some veterinary clinics only know how to write vet on the signs.
Example sentence:
I will take the cat owner to the veterinarian for routine examination tomorrow.
I am taking my cat to the vet tomorrow for a regular check-up.
In addition to cat and kitten, there is also a professional term about cats: the word feline refers to a cat family.
Correspondingly, canine is canine. The two words
are not common in spoken language, but if you are talking to a veterinarian or reading some more professional cat and dog strategies and scientific articles online, you will encounter them.
-Title of cat owner
Finally, the person who raises cats is called cat parents-cat parents. This also emphasizes that there is a similarity between the Chinese shoveling owner!
-People who give up pets
Those who abandon pets are called pet surrender-literally simple, which is the person who "submission to pets".
This article is reproduced from the official WeChat account of ABC of Australia Broadcasting Corporation: (ID: ABCAustralia)
Source: ABC official WeChat account of ABC of Australia Broadcasting Corporation
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