yellow cat

yellow cat — noun

1. an American river fish with a smooth, yellow-brown skin, long feelers near its m

1.名詞C1
釋義

an American river fish with a smooth, yellow-brown skin, long feelers near its mouth, and no scales, eaten as food in parts of the southern United States

例句

Reuben pulled a heavy yellow cat out of the muddy river and grinned proudly.

catch / pull out a yellow cat

Old fishermen along the Mississippi say a big yellow cat can weigh more than a small child.

size of a yellow cat

同義詞
  • catfish

    the wider family of smooth, whiskered fish that a yellow cat belongs to

  • bullhead

    a smaller related catfish; sometimes used for the same kind of fish in everyday speech

文法句型

catch a yellow cat

fish for yellow cats

用法筆記

Common in the southern United States as an informal name for several yellow-skinned catfish; in everyday speech people often shorten it to 'yellow cat' rather than naming the exact species.

常見錯誤

❌A yellow cat sat on the warm windowsill and purred.
✅A yellow cat is a kind of river fish, not a pet animal.
💡here 'cat' is short for 'catfish', so a 'yellow cat' is a fish, not a yellow-coloured pet cat.