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。