pussy

英語

詞源1

源自 puss +‎ -y (小稱後綴)。

發音

(標準英音) 國際音標^(幫助): /ˈpʊsɪ/
(通用美式) 英語發音：po͝osʹi, 國際音標^(幫助): /ˈpʊsi/
音頻（美國北加州）： (檔案)
韻部：-ʊsi
斷字：pus‧sy

名詞

pussy (複數 pussies)

A pussy (1)

(非正式，愛稱) 貓。（17世紀－）
- 2007, Liz Jones, "Are cats the new dogs?", The Independent, 17 Nov 07:
  And although, as someone recently said to me, they are not "designer" (she had expected my pussies to be expensive, with a pedigree), to me my cats are the most beautiful in the world.
  儘管正如最近有人對我說的那樣，它們不是「設計師」（她本來以為我的貓咪會很貴，有血統），但對我來說，我的貓咪是世界上最漂亮的。
(口語，現罕用) 對女孩或女人親熱的稱呼（16世紀－）
- 2010, Jojo Moyes, "Why love letters are better left unread", The Telegraph, 3 Jun 2010:
  If Lloyd George’s endearments to mistress Frances Stevenson – “My darling Pussy. You might phone… on Friday if you can come. Don’t let Hankey see you” – had been made similarly public, would he have maintained his own reputation as a towering statesman?
  如果勞埃德·喬治對情婦弗朗西斯·史蒂文森的愛慕─我親愛的小貓。你星期五…可以打電話，如果你能來的話。不要讓漢克看到你─也同樣被公開，他還能保持自己作為一個高大政治家的聲譽嗎？
(粗俗，俚語) 女性的陰部。（17世紀－）
You have a lovely pussy! ― 你的小穴真可愛！
- [2016, Alexandra Sirowy, The Telling (young adult fiction), Simon & Schuster，第 6 頁:
  There's a lot of disagreement about where that word came from. Pussy is actually a diminutive of pusillanimous, meaning cowardly. Although maybe the origin doesn't matter, since everyone equates it with the female anatomy anyway?
  關於這個詞的來源，有很多分歧。pussy 實際上是「pusillanimous」的縮略語，意思是「懦弱」。儘管也許起源並不重要，因為無論如何每個人都把它與女性的解剖結構等同起來？]
柔軟而毛茸茸的東西；一種花序，如褪色柳的柳絮。（19世紀－）
(粗俗，俚語，不可數，通常用於短語「to get some pussy」) 和女性性交（20世紀－）
I’m gonna get me some pussy tonight.
我今晚要去找些小妞來肏。
- 1991, Daniel Clowes, Art School Confidential:
  The teachers are not there to help you. Most oft them are still freelancers and the last thing they want is more competition. They are there because they need a steady paycheck and they hope to score some pussy!
  老師們不是來幫助你的。他們中的大多數人仍然是自由職業者，他們最不想看到的是更多的競爭。他們在那裡是因為他們需要一份穩定的薪水，而且能搞到一些馬子！
(貶義，粗俗，俚語，主要用於加拿大、美國) 懦夫，膽小鬼。（20世紀－）
You're such a pussy! ― 你真是個孬種！
- 1925, Sinclair Lewis, Martin Arrowsmith (fiction), Harcourt Brace & Company:
  You ought to hear some of the docs that are the sweetest old pussies with their patients—the way they bawl out the nurses. But labs—they seem sort of real. I don't suppose you can bluff a bacteria—what is it?—bacterium?
  你應該聽聽那些對病人最可愛的老娘們儿的說法--他們對護士吆喝的方式。但是，實驗室--它們似乎有點真實。我不認為你能唬住一個細菌─它是什麼？─細菌？
- 2007年11月26日, Matt Keating, “Do everyone a favour and don't bring your cold to work”, 出自 The Guardian‎^[1]，於6 Oct 2014歸檔自原頁面:
  I couldn't carry the burden of shame engendered by the bully-boy advertising of "max-strength" cold and flu remedies, the obvious subtext of which is "Get to work, you pussy."
  我無法承擔「最大強度」的感冒和流感藥的霸道廣告所帶來的恥辱負擔，其明顯的潛台詞是「去工作吧，你這個娘們」。
- 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, 經由 PC, →OCLC，幕：Prison Ship Purgatory:
  Shepard: You're in a bad situation, and I'm going to get you out of here.
  Jack: Shit, you sound like a pussy.
  謝潑德：你的處境很糟糕，我會帶你離開這裡。
  傑克：操，你聽起來像個娘們。
(粗俗，男同性戀俚語) 男人的肛門，通常是同性戀性行為的被動參與者
(過時) 一種遊戲