pack ratn.

Brit.

/ˈpak ˌrat/, U.S.

/ˈpæk ˌræt/

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

Etymology: < pack n.¹ + rat n.¹, in allusion to the animals' habit of collecting and accumulating nesting material.

1. Any of several rat-like rodents of North and Central America, of the genus Neotoma and related genera of the family Muridae, noted for collecting sticks and other materials and accumulating them within their nests. Also called trade-rat, woodrat.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Muridae > genus Neotema (wood-rat)

wood-rat1767

bush-rat1867

trade rat1876

trading rat1881

pack rat1885

1885 T. Roosevelt Hunting Trips 13 These rats were christened pack rats, on account of their curious and inveterate habit of dragging off to their holes every object they can possibly move.

1936 D. McCowan Animals Canad. Rockies xxii. 196 From the fact that it habitually transports sundry articles from one place to another the animal [sc. the wood rat], in the West, is commonly called Pack rat.

1973 ‘D. Shannon’ No Holiday for Crime (1974) vi. 94 When I came to, they were busy as packrats carting stuff out.

1993 Discover Sept. 66/1 Pack rats do their business in their dens, and..the excretions can accumulate into rock-hard masses, called middens.

2. figurative. Chiefly North American (depreciative). A person who hoards things.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > storage > [noun] > collecting and storing > one who

accumulator1611

amasser1617

picker-up1857

pack rat1912

1912 R. A. Wason Friar Tuck xxiv. 239 Either the pack-rat reformed into a trade-rat, or else he sold out his claim to a trade-rat.

1970 Publishers' Weekly 8 June 154 A pack rat is somebody who wants to have his own information material, his own personal library or files, even if this means indulging in a little petty thieving.

1986 New Yorker 4 Aug. 85/2 She comes from a family of pack rats—keepers of letters,..photographs.

2000 Sun-Herald (Sydney) 18 June 41/1 About 15pc are described as ‘pack rats’, or hoarders, who can't bear to part with treasured items.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pack rat
释义	pack ratn. Brit. /ˈpak ˌrat/, U.S. /ˈpæk ˌræt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pack n.¹, rat n.¹ Etymology: < pack n.¹ + rat n.¹, in allusion to the animals' habit of collecting and accumulating nesting material. 1. Any of several rat-like rodents of North and Central America, of the genus Neotoma and related genera of the family Muridae, noted for collecting sticks and other materials and accumulating them within their nests. Also called trade-rat, woodrat. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Muridae > genus Neotema (wood-rat) wood-rat1767 bush-rat1867 trade rat1876 trading rat1881 pack rat1885 1885 T. Roosevelt Hunting Trips 13 These rats were christened pack rats, on account of their curious and inveterate habit of dragging off to their holes every object they can possibly move. 1936 D. McCowan Animals Canad. Rockies xxii. 196 From the fact that it habitually transports sundry articles from one place to another the animal [sc. the wood rat], in the West, is commonly called Pack rat. 1973 ‘D. Shannon’ No Holiday for Crime (1974) vi. 94 When I came to, they were busy as packrats carting stuff out. 1993 Discover Sept. 66/1 Pack rats do their business in their dens, and..the excretions can accumulate into rock-hard masses, called middens. 2. figurative. Chiefly North American (depreciative). A person who hoards things. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > storage > [noun] > collecting and storing > one who accumulator1611 amasser1617 picker-up1857 pack rat1912 1912 R. A. Wason Friar Tuck xxiv. 239 Either the pack-rat reformed into a trade-rat, or else he sold out his claim to a trade-rat. 1970 Publishers' Weekly 8 June 154 A pack rat is somebody who wants to have his own information material, his own personal library or files, even if this means indulging in a little petty thieving. 1986 New Yorker 4 Aug. 85/2 She comes from a family of pack rats—keepers of letters,..photographs. 2000 Sun-Herald (Sydney) 18 June 41/1 About 15pc are described as ‘pack rats’, or hoarders, who can't bear to part with treasured items. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1885
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