Word familyinterjectionratsadjectiverattedrattishrattyrat-arsedratproofnounratterratteryrattinessrattingratbagratfishratholeratpackrat racerat runratsbaneratadverbrattily
1.HBAan animal that looks like a large mouse with a long tail 大老鼠
2spokenBAD PERSON someone who has been disloyal to you or deceived you 卑鄙小人,骗子
But you promised to help us, you rat!
可你答应过要帮我们的,你这小人!
3.look like a drowned ratWETto look very wet and uncomfortable 看上去像只落水老鼠
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look like a drowned rat• Out in the field, we looked like a bunch of drowned rats.• You were looking like a drowned rat after our little foray into Puddephat's rooms.
4.(like) rats leaving the sinking shipUNFAITHFULused to describe people who leave a company, organization etc when it is in trouble (就像)老鼠逃离沉船一样〔形容人们在公司、组织等有麻烦时纷纷离去〕
He accused the government of ratting on its promises to the disabled.
他指责政府没有履行对残疾人所作的承诺。
3rat somebody ↔ outAmerican EnglishAmE informalif someone rats you out, they are disloyal to you, especially by telling someone in authority about something wrong that you have done 出卖;〔尤指〕告发
You can’t rat out your teammates.
你不能告发队友。
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rat out• Magicshop in Plantation, the rat stock sells out nearly before it hits the shelves.• Giant amphipods, the size of rats, appear out of nowhere to nibble on the remains.• When they blast, the rats jump out of the sewers and then dive back in again.• Sometimes the bravestrats ran out on to the floor or across the tops of the pictures.
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rat• I have to rat all he has reet.• After that you ratted or rotted.• Looks like Rico got in on it, then decided like he was gon na rat to Spider.
rat on• I wouldn't rat on Albert.• Can you believe he ratted on his own brother?