音标:[ˈkætbɜ:d si:t] ;
n. <美方>有权力的职位

catbird seat的用法和样例:

词汇搭配

  • in the catbird seat处于非常有利的位置...
  • catbird seat <美方>有权力的职...

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'move
a.j.c
acoustic locating device
act in violation of the stipulation
arc of circle
automatic excitation regulator
baaps
bacillary paralysis
back astern
betameprodine
black englishes
black iron plate( black sheet iron)
centumvirs
chasmus
coaxial correlation
codari
codium dichotomum
combined journal and ledger
Compatibility view
concierge care
corthol
creation order
critical material
cross slide unit
cyclopaedic
darkstars
deception equipment
Derekoy
dictyosporium elegans
dinorwig
drawdown method
dryopteris varia (l.) o.ktze.
dynamic viscoelastometer
economic phenomena
edaphosaurus
epiclastic
ex officio information
ex-ministers
exurge
field weld
fire-place
fit the pattern of
folk diagnostic method
funch
go-aheadism
grab a seat
Hiss'method
i-throsschen
iatrogenic hypothyroidism
impounding pond
international center for journalists
jessners
judgement factor
kinomometer
Lockhart R.
logical memory
lunkheaded
Maturuca
merchandising business
metasilici acid
microcrystalline texture
mode of construction
motion endings
musculus interbranchialis
myh
Namasīyah
nullihaploid
occlusivity
overhead analysis sheet
paradelphomyia (oxyrhiza) issikina
pastor
pathological hypertrophy
people's assessor system
pico-cycle
pistillate parent
premenarchal
printed waste
privacy act
Proferrin
PSIW
pyranoid
radio humidity test
Rafique
recoil oil
reflex finder system
ribospecies
Rosky
salvipison
schedule repairs
Shiniulan Formation
Soja hispida Maxim.
solemn vow
spray pyrolysis
static-pressure inlet
temperature anomaly
Tetyushi
thermo-optic switch
topological diagram
trigger reaction
undercharged airmail correspondence
urban expansion