单词 | raticide |
释义 | raticiden.1 Something that kills rats, esp. a chemical substance used as a rat poison.In quot. 1847: a rat-killing dog. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [noun] > rat-poison ratton-bread1394 ratsbane1488 ratton bane?1543 ratton poison1590 rat poison1674 raticide1847 rodenticide1903 ANTU1945 1847 W. J. Broderip Zool. Recreations 319 The celebrated ratticide Billy has long since gone to that bourne whence neither rats, dogs, nor travellers ever return. 1908 W. R. Boelter Rat Probl. iv. 146 Raticide. This preparation..is manufactured in the United States, where it is sold under the name of Azra. 1941 Nature 1 Mar. 263/1 Guidance in production, research and application as relating to insecticides, fungicides, raticides and repellents for all purposes. 1986 Field 30 Oct. 49/4 Red squill powder makes an ideal and specific raticide. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). raticiden.2 rare. The action of killing a rat or rats. Also: an instance of this. ΚΠ 1861 All Year Round 21 Sept. 613/1 The day fixed for the great raticide was the day after I arrived. 1976 New Scientist 26 Aug. 454/2 William Kotzwinkle's Doctor Rat..is narrated by a mad laboratory rat, whose perceptions into the relationship between mass ratticide and grantsmanship do make delightful satire. 2006 Decatur (Alabama) Daily (Nexis) 10 Feb. It could be a raticide or a possumicide. I can't rule that out. But it's not a homicide. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11847n.21861 |
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