| 单词 | field rat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfield rat field rat n. (originally) any of various rodents that frequent cultivated land, including voles (genus Microtus) and the brown rat, Rattus norvegicus; esp. (in later use) any of several Asian and Australasian rats of the genus Rattus. ΚΠ 1609 P. Erondelle tr. M. Lescarbot Noua Francia ii. xxiv. 275 The stalke & Corne taken greene, haue a sugar taste, which is the cause why the Mowles and field Rattes doe so couet it, for they spoiled me a plot of it in New France. 1755 F. Watson Animal World Display'd (ed. 2) i. xi. 113 There is also a Field-Rat, different from that about Houses; for its Tail is hairy. 1841 Penny Cycl. XX. 61/1 The Field Rats (Arvicola, Lácèp.), subdivided into the Ondatras.., the ordinary Field-Rats (Arvicola, Cuv., Hypudæus Ill.), and the Lemmings. 1904 W. V. Moody Fire-bringer ii. 46 Wolves, snakes, and field-rats, crept from out the flood For hunger and the hell-bred fog to rot! 1997 New Scientist 26 Apr. 4/3 Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam are interested in using it to control the field rat, which destroys rice crops. < as lemmas |
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