lab ratn.

Brit.

/ˈlab rat/, U.S.

/ˈlæb ˌræt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: lab n.², rat n.¹

Etymology: < lab n.² + rat n.¹ Compare earlier laboratory rat at laboratory n. Compounds 2.

a. A rat subjected to experimentation for scientific research; a laboratory rat.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > [noun] > that which is experimented on or with

test object1830

corpus vile1860

lab rat1954

1954 Washington Post 23 Nov. 45/1 (headline) Human lung tissue grown in lab rats to be used in new smoke cancer test.

1965 Tucson (Arizona) Daily Citizen 6 Sept. 20/1 When researchers place a lab rat in a cold room he eats gluttonously to build up heat in his body.

1988 B. Sterling Islands in Net (1989) iv. 109 She imagined them running up and down the deck stairs of their strange steel world, hot and fervid, like hopped-up lab rats.

2002 N.Y. Times Mag. 15 Dec. 116/1 A lab rat wearing a tiny radio-controlled backpack, operated by a human working at a remote laptop computer.

b. figurative. A person or thing used as a subject for experiment; a person or thing that behaves like an animal used for experimentation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > [noun] > that which is experimented on or with > one who is experimented on

experimenta1678

experimentized1832

experimentee1890

laboratory animal?1891

guinea pig1920

lab rat1979

1979 Irish Times 24 Nov. 12/4 They were constantly taunted by their fellow pilots that they were only glorified ‘klutzes’, lab rats.

1995 Empire Nov. 80/3 The maze for my moviegoing lab-rats was a smattering of the violent, the arty and the big-name features, to see which group were the most precious about their movies.

2003 Technol. Rev. Mar. 38/2 The researchers are working out the details of this ‘synthetic’ apomixis through experiments with their favourite ‘lab rat’, a small mustard plant called Arabidopsis thaliana.

2006 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 17 Dec. i. 1/5 ‘I was a guinea pig, a lab rat,’ Niki said of the experience.

2. slang. A scientist or student who spends long hours working in a laboratory.

ΚΠ

1962 Social Probl. 10 46/2 The old pathologist, a ‘lab rat’ with little interest in clinical problems, was not a proper colleague to other medical practitioners.

1990 J. Bishop & M. Waldholz Genome iii. 72 ‘I became what they call a lab rat,’ he says, noting that his grades ‘went to zilch’ as he ignored everything else but his lab experiments.

2006 A. Goodman Intuition i. ii. 15 Only one postdoc had wandered off. He was clearly a lab rat, although she couldn't quite place him.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lab rat
释义	lab ratn. Brit. /ˈlab rat/, U.S. /ˈlæb ˌræt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: lab n.², rat n.¹ Etymology: < lab n.² + rat n.¹ Compare earlier laboratory rat at laboratory n. Compounds 2. 1. a. A rat subjected to experimentation for scientific research; a laboratory rat. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > [noun] > that which is experimented on or with test object1830 corpus vile1860 lab rat1954 1954 Washington Post 23 Nov. 45/1 (headline) Human lung tissue grown in lab rats to be used in new smoke cancer test. 1965 Tucson (Arizona) Daily Citizen 6 Sept. 20/1 When researchers place a lab rat in a cold room he eats gluttonously to build up heat in his body. 1988 B. Sterling Islands in Net (1989) iv. 109 She imagined them running up and down the deck stairs of their strange steel world, hot and fervid, like hopped-up lab rats. 2002 N.Y. Times Mag. 15 Dec. 116/1 A lab rat wearing a tiny radio-controlled backpack, operated by a human working at a remote laptop computer. b. figurative. A person or thing used as a subject for experiment; a person or thing that behaves like an animal used for experimentation. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > [noun] > that which is experimented on or with > one who is experimented on experimenta1678 experimentized1832 experimentee1890 laboratory animal?1891 guinea pig1920 lab rat1979 1979 Irish Times 24 Nov. 12/4 They were constantly taunted by their fellow pilots that they were only glorified ‘klutzes’, lab rats. 1995 Empire Nov. 80/3 The maze for my moviegoing lab-rats was a smattering of the violent, the arty and the big-name features, to see which group were the most precious about their movies. 2003 Technol. Rev. Mar. 38/2 The researchers are working out the details of this ‘synthetic’ apomixis through experiments with their favourite ‘lab rat’, a small mustard plant called Arabidopsis thaliana. 2006 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 17 Dec. i. 1/5 ‘I was a guinea pig, a lab rat,’ Niki said of the experience. 2. slang. A scientist or student who spends long hours working in a laboratory. ΚΠ 1962 Social Probl. 10 46/2 The old pathologist, a ‘lab rat’ with little interest in clinical problems, was not a proper colleague to other medical practitioners. 1990 J. Bishop & M. Waldholz Genome iii. 72 ‘I became what they call a lab rat,’ he says, noting that his grades ‘went to zilch’ as he ignored everything else but his lab experiments. 2006 A. Goodman Intuition i. ii. 15 Only one postdoc had wandered off. He was clearly a lab rat, although she couldn't quite place him. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1954
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