喵星人愛的小動作:貓咪表達愛你的10種方式

10 ways cats deliver love and affection to the people who matter most to them

喵星人對主人表達愛意的10種方式：

1. Lightly touching her forehead against you

1. 用前額輕輕觸碰你

This feline act of affection is delivered only to the A-listers in a cat's life. Your cat will face you, lower her head and lean forward so that the top of her head touches your forehead, face or other body part. This loving touch can often release feel-good hormones called endorphins in your cat and you.

喵星人在它的短暫一生中，只會將這個動作展示給自己最親愛的人。它會面對着你，低頭將身子向前傾，使它的前額觸碰到你的前額、臉頰或者身體的其他部位。這種表達愛意的觸碰，會在你和它之間釋放一種稱爲內啡肽的良性荷爾蒙。

2. Cheek rubbing you

2. 用臉頰磨蹭你

Think of your cat as a feline graffiti artist. To make her turf really feel like home, she will rub her cheeks against the corners of furniture and, possibly, your legs or hands when you pet her. This act secretes oils from her facial glands. It's her way of claiming you as her own. Just be grateful that she does so by cheek rubbing, not spraying.

把你家貓貓想成一位塗鴉大師，爲了讓它的皮毛真正感覺到家的味道，它會用自己的臉頰擦拭傢俱的角落，或當你愛撫它的時候磨蹭你的腿或手。這個動作會讓它的面部腺體分泌油脂，它在用自己特有的方式在表達：主人你是我的。你該感到開心，畢竟它的方式只是臉頰磨蹭而不是噴射或分泌點別的東西。

3. Twitching the tip of her tail

3. 抽動尾巴尖

The feline tail acts like a mood barometer. The tail puffs out when your cat is frightened or agitated. Conversely, your cat expresses love to you when she approaches you with her tail hoisted lazily up in the air and the very tip twitches. In cat speak, she is saying, "You rock my world!"

喵星人的尾巴就如一個心情晴雨表。尾巴豎起表示你的愛貓受到驚嚇或感到焦慮。相反地，如果是想向主人表達愛意，貓貓會在走近你時懶洋洋地擡起自己的尾巴，尾尖還會抽動，就好似它在說：“你震撼了我的世界！”

4. Holding eye contact and sharing a soft blink

4. 保持眼神交流，眼睛溫柔的眨巴眨巴

Don't expect a cat to maintain a steady eye-to-eye stare with a new houseguest. Cats save eye contact for people they know and trust, like you. The bond is accented when she blinks softly at you. This is the equivalent of a kitty kiss. Respond by softly blinking back.

可別指望喵星人會對家裏的新訪客有眼神對視，它們只會與自己瞭解信任的人產生眼神交流。當它再給你來個溫柔的眨眼時，你們的關係就更穩固了。這就是一隻小貓給你的吻，快也對它眨眨眼睛以示迴應吧！

5. Turning on the purr power

5. 發出嗚嗚嗚的聲音

This steady, rhythmic sound emitted when your cat inhales and exhales is often associated with contentment. But cats also purr when they need to self-calm or while nursing a litter; however, your cat saves the special full-bodied rumble as a smile directed to you. It is her way of saying, "I love you."

當你的貓貓在呼吸時發出這種沉穩而又節奏的聲音時，就表示它非常滿足。但是喵星人在需要自我平靜或產寶寶的時候也會發出嗚嗚的聲音。然而，貓貓是用全身力量發出這種聲音，就直接等於在向你微笑，它在用它的方式對你說：“我愛你”。

6. Sitting on you or beside you

6. 趴在你身上或身邊

Cats crave warm places to nap and sleep, but when they bypass a comfy cat bed or your bedroom pillow to perch on your lap, you should feel honored. Your cat has sized up her options and is conveying that she prefers being with you rather than being by herself in her cat bed.

喵星人喜歡在溫暖的地方打盹或睡覺，但是當它繞開舒服的小窩或枕頭而趴在你的腿上，你就該感到榮幸啦！你的貓貓已經權衡好決定，在向你傳達：相比自己的小窩，它更樂意和你依偎在一起！

7. Kneading her paws on your lap

7. 坐在你的膝上揉捏自己的爪子

If you need a sign it is time to trim your cat's nails, nothing is clearer than when she perches on your lap, purrs and starts kneading your thighs with her front paws. But this is also a sign of affection. Experts say that this action beckons your adult cat back to a safe, welcoming memory when she was nuzzling her mother for milk as a newborn kitten.

如果你想知道它何時需要修剪指甲，那麼在你膝蓋上蜷縮，發出嗚嗚聲並開始用它的前爪揉捏你的大腿，便是它給你的最好的訊號。其實這也是表達愛意的訊號。專家告訴我們，這個動作喚起了成年貓們童年的美好回憶：作爲小貓咪時它們用鼻子愛撫自己的媽媽。

8. Licking your hair and earlobes

8. 舔你的頭髮或耳垂

OK, neither of these actions may rate on your top 10 list of affection preferences, but your cat is regarding you as another cat - albeit a big one - in her inner circle. Only special "cats" are deemed worthy of these special grooming sessions. In a multicat household, mutual grooming is a sign of trust and friendship.

好吧，這兩點可能不會是你喜歡的表達愛的方式，但在貓貓自己的心靈世界裏，它是在把你當作另一隻貓——雖然體形實在很大。只有獨特的“大貓”們才值得它們爲其梳妝整理。在一個多種貓羣裏，爲同伴梳理打扮是友誼和信任的象徵。

9. Bringing you dead mice, birds and other so-called gifts

9. 帶給你它們認爲的好禮物：死老鼠、鳥或者其他

Evolution and domestication have not stripped your cat of her inner hunter. After a successful hunt, she may deposit a mouse head or lizard tail in a place she knows you will visit - like your pillow. Yuck? Yes, but your cat is sharing her prey prize with you, a true sign of trusted friendship.

進化和馴化並不能完全奪走你家愛貓打獵的本性。作爲一個出色的獵者，它會將老鼠頭、蜥蜴尾巴藏在一個你會去的地方，比如你的枕頭。很噁心？是，但你的貓貓正在與你分享獵物呢，真真正正表達它對你的友誼和信賴。

10. Emitting a high-pitched trill

10. 發出高聲調的顫音

Cats are capable of more than a dozen vocalizations, ranging from the hiss to the meow. Listen carefully for the high-pitched trill or chirp. These sounds convey affection and attention - not a feline demand for second helpings in her food bowl. Trill back, watch her reaction and enjoy a true cat chat.

喵星人會發出許多不同類型的聲音，從嘶嘶聲到喵喵聲。注意它發出的高聲調顫音或喳喳聲，這類聲音不是它向你求助食物，而是在表達自己對你的喜愛和關注。記得同樣迴應它，觀察它的反應，享受一次真正的喵星人對話。