詞匯精選:rat的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義:
n.
老鼠,耗子
例句:
If you do not feed the cat, you must feed the rat.
不養(yǎng)貓必養(yǎng)鼠。
例句:
You look like a little drowned rat!
看你就像只小溺水鼠!
鼠輩,卑鄙小人
例句:
You dirty rat !
你這個卑鄙的小人!
例句:
Even if you win , you're still a rat.
就算你贏了,你也只不過是個小人。
v.
捕鼠 [I]
例句:
The little boy likes to rat.
這個小男孩喜歡捕鼠。
例句:
Have you ever heard about dogs going ratting?
你聽說過狗拿耗子嗎?
弄蓬松 [T]
例句:
She ratted her hair whenever she went to big parties in the evening.
她每次晚上出去參加大型晚會時都用發(fā)墊把頭發(fā)墊得高高隆起。
告密,出賣 [I]
例句:
To our surprise they have ratted on us.
令我們吃驚的是他們居然把我們出賣了。
例句:
They were accused of encouraging children to rat on their parents.
他們被指控唆使兒童告發(fā)自己的父母。
違約,食言 [I]
例句:
She claims he ratted on their divorce settlement.
她聲稱他違反了他們的離婚協(xié)議。
例句:
We should not rat on our promises.
我們不應違背諾言。
二、詞義辨析:
mouse,rat
這兩個名詞均可表示“老鼠,耗子”之意。 mouse一般指體形較小的家鼠。 rat一般指生活在室外體形較大的一種老鼠。
三、相關短語:
rat race
n.卑鄙的競爭,你死我活的競爭 [電] 環(huán)形波導
rat snake
n. 吃鼠的蛇
cotton rat
棉鼠
pocket rat
囊鼠類
rat kangaroo
鼠袋鼠
rat typhus
地方性斑疹傷寒
rat-tail file
鼠尾銼
sewer rat
n. 褐家鼠
water rat
n. [動]河鼠
black rat
【醫(yī)】 黑鼠
brown rat
【醫(yī)】 棕鼠, 褐鼠, 溝鼠
wood rat
【醫(yī)】 森林鼠
四、參考例句:
You dirty rat !
你這個卑鄙的小人!
A rat is an animal.
老鼠是一種動物。
You look like a little drowned rat!
看你就像只小溺水鼠!
We should not rat on our promises.
我們不應違背諾言。
I smelled a rat in the matter.
我感到這件事有問題。
Yes, only a rat puppet beat them out.
沒錯,只有一個老鼠木偶打敗過他們。
A rat had gnawed a hole in the box.
老鼠在箱子上咬了一個洞。
The cat caught a big rat in the kitchen.
貓在廚房捉到了一只大老鼠。
The hungry rat ravened down the poison bait.
饑餓的老鼠一口吞下毒餌。
It is really a great shame to rat out.
臨陣脫逃真可恥。
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