puss

原为感叹词，呼唤猫咪的声音，后成为小猫本身。

puss

puss: English has two distinct words puss. The origins of the one meaning ‘cat’ [16] are rather mysterious. It appears to have been borrowed from Middle Low German pūs, but there the trail goes cold. Since it is basically used for calling cats, it may have originated simply in an exclamation (like pss) used for gaining their attention. Puss the slang term for ‘mouth’ or ‘face’ [19] comes from Irish bus ‘lip, mouth’. Pussy ‘cat’ [18] is derived from puss, of course, but pussy the slang term for ‘cunt’ [19] may be Low German or Scandinavian origin (Low German had pūse ‘vulva’ and Old Norse púss ‘pocket, pouch’).

puss (n.1)

"cat," 1520s, but probably much older than the record, perhaps imitative of the hissing sound commonly used to get a cat's attention. A conventional name for a cat in Germanic languages and as far off as Afghanistan; it is the root of the principal word for "cat" in Rumanian (pisica) and secondary words in Lithuanian (puz), Low German (puus), Swedish dialect katte-pus, etc. Applied to a girl or woman from c. 1600, originally in a negative sense, implying unpleasant cat-like qualities; but by mid-19c. in affectionate use.

puss (n.2)

"the face" (but sometimes, especially in pugilism slang, "the mouth"), 1890, slang, from Irish pus "lip, mouth."

1. Well, come on, Puss, let's go in to supper.

来吧, 淘气包, 咱们进屋去吃晚饭.

2. I'm glad there's pride in you, Puss.

我巴不得你为人骄傲一些, 姑娘.

3. Very soon Puss had chased away all the rats and mice.

没过多久,普西就吓跑了所有耗子.

4. You're a pretty puss, aren't you?

你是一只漂亮的小猫, 对 吗 ?

5. Ashley can ride with the best and play poker with the best -- that's me, Puss!

艾希礼能够跟最出色的骑手骑马,也能跟最出色的牌友玩扑克 ---- 我就是最出色的, 姑娘!