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单词 ratty
释义 rat·ty
\ˈrad.ē, -atē, -i\ adjective
(-er/-est)
Etymology: rat (I) + -y
1.
 a. : infested with rats
  < live on one floor of a ratty tenement — Joseph Mitchell >
 b. : rat-eaten in appearance : shabby, unkempt
  < ratty and ragged — P.H.Lowrey >
  < a ratty brown overcoat — John Lardner >
  < a long ratty moustache — Eve Langley >
 c. : of, relating to, or characteristic of a rat
  < like a terrier who smells something … ratty — E.F.Benson >
  < said in his ratty voice — Floyd Dell >
2.
 a. : having a low, despicable, or treacherous character : meanspirited
  < mean as a snake … forever taking up with ratty people — Frances G. Patton >
 b. : having an irritable or irascible disposition : ill-tempered, nasty
  < that ratty genius whose words … were thunder and lightning — Geoffrey Grigson >
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