cat got your tongue是什么意思

例如：

Speak up boy or cat got your tongue?

伙计，怎么不大声说了，还是你哑口无言了?

解析：短语动词 speak up 是不及物动词，意为“大声说话”，后面接 for sb/sth 意为“明确表态;(尤指为…)说好话，辩护”，例如：

She has often spoken up for the rights of working mothers.

她经常为职业母亲的权利辩护。

Amanda grew so quiet during the heated argument that I was forced to ask her "Cat got your tongue?"

在激烈的争论中，阿曼达变得沉默了，我被迫问她“无言以对了吧?”

解析：so … that 引导的结果状语从句。

The shy boy was afraid to speak up and his mates kept asking him "Cat got your tongue?"

这个害羞的男孩不敢开口说话，他的伙伴们一直问他：“无言以对了吧?”

Are you dumb or cat got your tongue?

你是哑巴了还是无言以对了?