cat.kin

catkin的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [ˈkætkin]
KK音标发音： [ˈkætkɪn]

catkin的词性：
n.（名词）

1. A usually dense, cylindrical, often drooping cluster of unisexual, apetalous flowers found in willows, birches, and oaks.Also called ament ¹
柳絮：柳树、桦树和橡树的常为浓密、呈圆形并成团落下的单性、无花瓣花朵也作 ament¹

catkin的词源：

2. From obsolete Dutch katteken [kitten] [diminutive of] katte [cat (from its resemblance to a kitten's tail)]
源自 已废荷兰语 katteken [小猫] [] katte的小后缀 [猫（因其形似小猫的尾巴而命名）]

3. from Germanic *kattuz
源自 日耳曼语 *kattuz