kitten

noun
🔊/ˈkɪtn/
🔊/ˈkɪtn/
Idioms
jump to other results
  1. a young cat小猫Topics Animalsb2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryKitten is used after these nouns:
    • sex
    See full entry
  2. the young of several other animals, such as rabbits and beavers小猫
  3. Word Originlate Middle English kitoun, ketoun, from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French chitoun, diminutive of chat ‘cat’.
Idioms
have kittens
  1. (British English, informal) to be very anxious, angry or upset about something焦虑;烦躁;心慌意乱