RAT

• abbr.
  • rocket-launched antisubmarine torpedo 火箭发射式反潜鱼雷
  • remote-association test

rat[ræt]

• n.
  • 【动物】鼠(Rodentia目),耗子
  • [俚语]卑鄙之人；下贱之人；(尤指)变节者，告密者，工贼
  • [美国英语]假发卷；发垫
  • [美国俚语]乌七八糟的女人
  • [俚语]常在某地出现的人
• vi.
  • 捕鼠(尤指用狗捕鼠)：

    Have you ever heard about dogs going ratting?

    你听说过狗拿耗子吗?

  • 变节；背叛；出卖：

    To our surprise they have ratted on us.

    令我们吃惊的是他们居然把我们出卖了。

  • [美国俚语]闲逛，瞎转悠(around):

    He had nothing to do all day long but to rat around.

    除了瞎转悠，他整天无所事事。

  • [俚语]偷
• vt.
  • [美国英语]用发垫使头发蓬松隆起：

    She ratted her hair whenever she went to big parties in the evening.

    她每次晚上出去参加大型晚会时都用发垫把头发垫得高高隆起。

  • [俚语]偷；搜(死尸)的全身掠财
• 短语:
  • (as) poor as a rat 一贫如洗；穷到极点
  • (as) wet as a drowned rat 浑身湿透；犹如落汤鸡
  • be in the rats [俚语]发疯
  • die like a rat 被毒死
  • do a rat [口语]做坏事；变节
  • get (或have) rats
    • [俚语]
    • 觉得不舒服；情绪不好
    • = see rats
  • give someone rats [美国俚语]痛骂(或申斥)某人
  • have rats (或a rat) in the garret (或loft, upper storey) [口语]疯疯癫癫；头脑不正常
  • like a drowned rat 浑身湿透；湿得像落汤鸡
  • like a rat in a hole 如洞中之鼠；如瓮中之鳖；陷入绝境
  • Rats! [美国俚语]胡说八道!
  • see rats [俚语]喝酒过量，酩酊大醉
  • smell a rat 觉得可疑；觉得情况不妙
• 变形:

  vi.ratted.ratting