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."
雙語例句
1. Well, come on, Puss, let's go in to supper.
來吧, 淘氣包, 咱們進屋去吃晚飯.
來自飄（部分）
2. I'm glad there's pride in you, Puss.
我巴不得你為人驕傲一些, 姑娘.
來自飄（部分）
3. Very soon Puss had chased away all the rats and mice.
沒過多久,普西就嚇跑了所有耗子.
來自辭典例句
4. You're a pretty puss, aren't you?
你是一只漂亮的小貓, 對 嗎 ?
來自辭典例句
5. Ashley can ride with the best and play poker with the best -- that's me, Puss!