| 单词 | ratty |
| 释义 | ratty (once / 17694 pages) adj Things that remind you of a rat are ratty, and so are things that are generally worn and shabby. Your sister's pet ferret might make you jump when it peers out from behind the ratty old sofa with its ratty little eyes. If your attic is inhabited by a huge, multi-generational family of rats, it's ratty too. Whether this adjective is used to mean "looking like a rat," "full of rats," or "decrepit and dirty," it's negative. The same is generally true for rat itself, which refers to the rodent but also figuratively means "liar" or "traitor." The root of rat and ratty is unknown. WORD FAMILYratty: rattier, rattiest, rattily+/rat: ratable, ratlike, rats, ratted, ratter, ratting, ratty/ratable: ratability, ratably, unratable/ratter: ratters USAGE EXAMPLESYou can dress it up in a fake beard and a ratty red suit, but it still ain’t the original. Washington Post(Nov 22, 2016) They released their annual rankings of the rattiest cities in America on Monday, and we’re No. 3, behind Chicago and New York. Washington Post(Oct 17, 2016) Even the front doors have been removed from many vacated flats, leaving only the occasional ratty chair, empty vodka bottle or Iron Maiden poster. The Guardian(Oct 14, 2016) 1adj of or characteristic of rats 2adj dirty and infested with rats Syn dirty, soiled, unclean soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime 3adj showing signs of wear and tear a ratty old overcoat Syn moth-eaten, shabby, tatty worn affected by wear; damaged by long use |
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