"young cat," 1719, variant of kitten, perhaps influenced by kitty "girl, young woman" (c. 1500), originally a pet form of fem. proper name Catherine. Kitty Hawk, N.C., apparently is a mangling of a native Algonquian name; it also has been written as Chicahauk.
kitty (n.2)
"pool of money in a card game," 1887, probably from kit (n.1), in a sense of "collection of necessary supplies" (1833); but perhaps rather from northern England slang kitty "prison, jail, lock-up" (1825), of uncertain origin.
实用例句
1. Each month the total prize kitty is £13.5 million.
每个月的彩池奖金总额达1,350万英镑。
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2. Kitty's family was unworldly, unimpressed by power, or money.
基蒂一家清心寡欲，淡泊金钱与权力。
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3. Three days into production, the kitty had run dry.
才投产3天凑集的钱就用光了。
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4. You haven't put any money in the kitty for three weeks.
你有3个星期没往里凑钱了。
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5. Kitty Aldridge has sacrificed all for her first film.
