| 单词 | rat |
| 释义 | rat —ratlike, adj. /rat/, n., interj., v., ratted, ratting. n. 1. any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger. 2. any of various similar or related animals. 3. Slang. a scoundrel. 4. Slang. a. a person who abandons or betrays his or her party or associates, esp. in a time of trouble. b. an informer. c. a scab laborer. 5. Slang. a person who frequents a specified place: mall rat; gym rat. 6. a pad with tapered ends formerly used in women's hair styles to give the appearance of greater thickness. 7. smell a rat, to suspect or surmise treachery; have suspicion: After noting several discrepancies in his client's story, the attorney began to smell a rat. interj. 8. rats, Slang. (an exclamation of disappointment, disgust, or disbelief.) v.i. 9. Slang. a. to desert one's party or associates, esp. in a time of trouble. b. to turn informer; squeal: He ratted on the gang, and the police arrested them. c. to work as a scab. 10. to hunt or catch rats. v.t. 11. to dress (the hair) with or as if with a rat. [bef. 1000; ME rat(t)e, OE raet; c. D rat, G Ratz, Ratte] |
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