kittens

The kittens look exactly alike ─ how can you tell which is which ?

这些小猫看上去一模一样，你怎么能分辨出哪只是哪只呢？

They had drowned the unwanted kittens .

他们把没人要的小猫淹死了。

Our cat produced kittens last week .

我家的猫上周生小猫咪了。

The kitten mewed pitifully .

小猫喵喵地叫，挺可怜的。

I 've got a wee kitten in the flat

我在公寓里养了一只小猫。

The kitten was black with white front paws and a white splotch on her chest

那只黑色小猫长着白色前爪，胸口上有一块白斑。

The kitten was curled on a cushion on the sofa .

那只小猫在沙发垫子上蜷缩成了一团。

The kitten wormed its way through the just-open door .

小猫缩着身子从刚开了一点儿的门中挤过来。

The plump ginger kitten had settled comfortably in her arms and was purring enthusiastically .

胖乎乎的姜黄色小猫惬意地躺在她的怀里，大声地打着呼噜。

From somewhere , the kitten mewed .

从某个地方传来猫咪喵喵的叫声。

Don 't starve the kitten .

别饿着小猫。

The kittens are out looking for food .

小猫出去找食儿了。

The cat picked up her kitten by the scruff of its neck .

猫咬住幼崽的后颈把它叼了起来。

The kitten was sleeping curled up on the sofa .

小猫在沙发上蜷作一团睡觉。

The kittens mewed when they were hungry .

小猫一饿就咪咪叫。

The kitten plays with its tail .

那只小猫在玩自己的尾巴。

Kittens could give you a life-threatening disease with just a scratch , the CDC warns .

美国疾病防治中心提醒说，小猫的舔舐或抓咬都可能带给你危及生命的疾病。

I picked up the shaking kitten .

我捡起了那只颤抖着的小猫。

As the kitten touches it , it tilts at the floor .

它随着击碰倾侧，头不动，眼不动，还呆呆地注视着地上

We got back , the cat was lying on the floor peacefully looking up at us , and had given birth to kittens .

从医院回来以后，那只猫平静地躺在地板上望着我们，它生小猫了！

Thus : Kittens and cats show the same level of affection to their caregivers as human babies , and maybe even slightly more than dogs .

因此：小猫和成年猫对看护者的爱恋程度与人类婴儿相同，甚至可能比狗略高。

The study , published in Current Biology , examined how kitten subjects reacted after spending two minutes with their caretaker , being left alone , then reuniting for another two minutes .

这项发表在《当代生物学》上的研究测试了小猫在与看护人呆上两分钟后被单独留下，然后和看护人重新团聚两分钟之后的反应。

One participant detailed5 dreaming about a vegetarian6 crocodile who was distressed7 about not being able to eat children , while another dreamed of soldiers who fought with kittens instead of guns .

一名参与者梦见一条吃素的鳄鱼因为无法吃小孩而感到苦恼，另一名参与者则梦见用小猫而非枪支打仗的士兵。

After the experiment , they categorized each kitten by the attachment3 styles assigned to human babies and dogs in previous studies — secure , ambivalent4 , avoidant , and disorganized .

实验结束后，研究人员根据此前研究中给人类婴儿和狗狗划分的依恋类型对每只小猫进行分类——安全型、矛盾型、回避型和无序型。

On the other hand , about 30 percent of the kittens were found to have an “ insecure attachment style , ” which means their stress levels did not decrease upon their person 's return to the room .

另一方面，大约30%的小猫出现“不安全依恋”，这意味着当看护人回到房间时，小猫的压力水平并没有降低。

Oregon State University researchers concluded that cats really do actually love their humans — or at the very least , see them as parents or caregivers — after conducting a study on kittens , modeled after previous research on dogs and babies .

俄勒冈州立大学的研究人员模仿此前对狗狗和婴儿的研究，对小猫咪也进行了一番研究，并得出结论：猫咪真的真的很爱主人——或者至少是把主人看做父母或“照顾者”。

It also indicates a bonding mechanism between kitten and mother .

这也是小猫和母亲之间的一种沟通方式。

By the way , can I have one of the kittens ?

顺便问一下，我可以要一只小猫吗？

Set a regular time and place feeding your kitten .

定下一个固定时间和地点给它喂食。

I want a real kitten hanging from a real tree .

我想要只挂在真的树上的真猫咪