tabby
noun /ˈtæbi/
/ˈtæbi/
(plural tabbies)
(also tabby cat)
- a cat with brown or grey fur marked with dark lines or spots
Topics Animalsc2斑猫(毛皮灰色或褐色,带有深色斑条或斑点) Collocations DictionaryTabby is used before these nouns:- cat
词源late 16th cent. (denoting a kind of silk taffeta, originally striped, later with a watered finish): from French tabis, based on Arabic al-‘Attābiyya, the name of the quarter of Baghdad where tabby was manufactured.