rat
- IPA[rat]
美式
- a rodent that resembles a large mouse, typically having a pointed snout and a long, sparsely haired tail. Some kinds have become cosmopolitan and are sometimes responsible for transmitting diseases.；a person regarded as despicable, especially a man who has been deceitful or disloyal
- used to express mild annoyance or irritation.
- (of a person, dog, or cat) hunt or kill rats；desert one's party, side, or cause
verb: rat, 3rd person present: rats, gerund or present participle: ratting, past tense: ratted, past participle: ratted
noun: rat, plural noun: rats
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名詞
- 1. a rodent that resembles a large mouse, typically having a pointed snout and a long, sparsely haired tail. Some kinds have become cosmopolitan and are sometimes responsible for transmitting diseases.
- 2. informal, derogatory a person regarded as despicable, especially a man who has been deceitful or disloyal her rat of a husband cheated on her 同義詞
- ▪ an informer he became the most famous rat in mob history 同義詞
- 3. North American informal a person who is associated with or frequents a specified place LA mall rats you and the rest of the tavern rats will have to find a new hangout
- 4. US a pad used to give shape and fullness to a woman's hair.
excl
- 1. informal used to express mild annoyance or irritation.
動詞
- 1. (of a person, dog, or cat) hunt or kill rats we would always take a terrier when we fished and the terrier ratted away
- 2. informal desert one's party, side, or cause many of the clans rallied to his support, others ratted and joined the King's forces
- 3. US shape (hair) with a special pad.
- the activity of hunting or killing rats: ratting is second nature to a Jack Russell
Oxford American Dictionary
- the activity of hunting or killing rats: ratting is second nature to a Jack Russell
Oxford Dictionary
- very drunk.
Oxford Dictionary
- a narrow hairless tail like that of a rat, or something that resembles one: he's growing it longer, with a thin rat-tail braid at the back
Oxford American Dictionary
- a narrow hairless tail like that of a rat, or something that resembles one: he's growing it longer, with a thin rat-tail braid at the back
Oxford Dictionary
- a group of journalists and photographers who pursue celebrities in a relentless or aggressive way: the rat pack of showbiz hacks
Oxford Dictionary
- a rat used for laboratory research: scientists say such a test already works in lab rats
Oxford American Dictionary
- an unpleasant situation that offers no prospect of improvement: he has to tolerate the rat trap of his first job
Oxford Dictionary
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- IPA[rat]
英式
- a rodent that resembles a large mouse, typically having a pointed snout and a long tail. Some ...
- used to express mild annoyance or irritation.
- hunt or kill rats: we would always take a terrier when we fished and the terrier ratted away
Oxford Dictionary
