| 单词 | pack rat |
| 释义 | pack rat (once / 155518 pages) n WORD FAMILY pack rat: pack rats USAGE EXAMPLESThey had set a trap after missing food and “sign” indicated a visit by the critter better known as a pack rat. Washington Times(Nov 19, 2016) Dinah drives me up the wall: She’s a pack rat, never puts anything away, never takes out the recycling, dirty dishes on the counters, etc. Slate(Oct 12, 2016) “I was probably the only one that kept anything. My husband, he called me a pack rat - ‘Oh, just throw it in the safe. Washington Times(Sep 10, 2016) 1n someone who collects things that have been discarded by others Syn|Hyper magpie, scavenger hoarder a person who accumulates things and hides them away for future use 2n any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects Syn|Hypo|Hyper Neotoma cinerea, bushytail woodrat, packrat, trade rat Neotoma fuscipes, dusky-footed woodrat host to Lyme disease tick (Ixodes pacificus) in northern California wood rat, wood-rat any of various small short-tailed rodents of the northern hemisphere having soft fur grey above and white below with furred tails and large ears; some are hosts for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks) |
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