brat

Word family

brat /bræt/ noun [countableC] informal

1 BAD PERSONa badly behaved child 顽劣儿童

a spoiled brat

一个被宠坏的顽劣儿童

2. army/navy/military etc brat informal American EnglishAmE a child whose family moves often, because one or both parents work for the army, navy etc 陆军/海军/军队等的军中小鬼〔指父母一方或双方在军队工作、经常随父母迁居的孩子〕

—bratty adjectiveadj

Examples from the Corpus

brat• This is like an upper class brat.• And let some one else look after her little brats for a change.• Now go away, you nasty little brat.• The school is full of rich brats.• Should I tell him his kid is a spoiled brat?• Kids can be such brats and so mean.• But neither of these brats would kill him!• All his classmates were either married with brats or disgustingly overweight.

spoiled brat• Stop acting like a spoiled brat.

Origin brat

(1500-1600) Perhaps from brat “rough or torn piece of clothing” ((10-20 centuries)), from Old Irish bratt “cloak”

brat noun

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