5 ผลลัพธ์ สำหรับ cat\'s-paw
หรือค้นหา: -cat\'s-paw-, *cat\'s-paw*

Nontri Dictionary
CAT'S-cat's-paw(n) คนที่ถูกหลอกใช้, ลูกมือ, เครื่องมือ

WordNet (3.0)
cat's-paw(n) a hitch in the middle of rope that has two eyes into which tackle can be hooked

Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)
Cat's-paw

n. 1. (Naut.) (a) A light transitory air which ruffles the surface of the water during a calm, or the ripples made by such a puff of air. (b) A particular hitch or turn in the bight of a rope, into which a tackle may be hooked. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A dupe; a tool; one who, or that which, is used by another as an instrument to a accomplish his purposes. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In this sense the term refers to the fable of the monkey using the cat's paw to draw the roasting chestnuts out of the fire. [ 1913 Webster ]


EDICT JP-EN Dictionary
先棒[さきぼう, sakibou] (n) (1) front palanquin bearer; (2) flunky; cat's-paw; tool [Add to Longdo]
走狗[そうく, souku] (n) hound; hunting dog; running dog; dupe; tool of another person; cat's-paw [Add to Longdo]

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