词汇精选:rat的用法和辨析
一、详细释义: n. 老鼠,耗子 例句: If you do not feed the cat, you must feed the rat. 不养猫必养鼠。 例句: You look like a little drowned rat! 看你就像只小溺水鼠! 鼠辈,卑鄙小人 例句: You dirty rat ! 你这个卑鄙的小人! 例句: Even if you win , you're still a rat. 就算你赢了,你也只不过是个小人。 v. 捕鼠 [I] 例句: The little boy likes to rat. 这个小男孩喜欢捕鼠。 例句: Have you ever heard about dogs going ratting? 你听说过狗拿耗子吗? 弄蓬松 [T] 例句: She ratted her hair whenever she went to big parties in the evening. 她每次晚上出去参加大型晚会时都用发垫把头发垫得高高隆起。 告密,出卖 [I] 例句: 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。 例句: They were accused of encouraging children to rat on their parents. 他们被指控唆使儿童告发自己的父母。 违约,食言 [I] 例句: She claims he ratted on their divorce settlement. 她声称他违反了他们的离婚协议。 例句: We should not rat on our promises. 我们不应违背诺言。 二、词义辨析: mouse,rat 这两个名词均可表示“老鼠,耗子”之意。mouse一般指体形较小的家鼠。rat一般指生活在室外体形较大的一种老鼠。 三、相关短语: rat race n.卑鄙的竞争,你死我活的竞争 [电] 环形波导 rat snake n. 吃鼠的蛇 cotton rat 棉鼠 pocket rat 囊鼠类 rat kangaroo 鼠袋鼠 rat typhus 地方性斑疹伤寒 rat-tail file 鼠尾锉 sewer rat n. 褐家鼠 water rat n. [动]河鼠 black rat 【医】 黑鼠 brown rat 【医】 棕鼠, 褐鼠, 沟鼠 wood rat 【医】 森林鼠 四、参考例句: You dirty rat ! 你这个卑鄙的小人! A rat is an animal. 老鼠是一种动物。 You look like a little drowned rat! 看你就像只小溺水鼠! We should not rat on our promises. 我们不应违背诺言。 I smelled a rat in the matter. 我感到这件事有问题。 Yes, only a rat puppet beat them out. 没错,只有一个老鼠木偶打败过他们。 A rat had gnawed a hole in the box. 老鼠在箱子上咬了一个洞。 The cat caught a big rat in the kitchen. 猫在厨房捉到了一只大老鼠。 The hungry rat ravened down the poison bait. 饥饿的老鼠一口吞下毒饵。 It is really a great shame to rat out. 临阵脱逃真可耻。 |