Толковый словарь английского языка - rat
Rat
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I. noun see: rodent Date: before 12th century 1. any of numerous rodents (Rattus and related genera) differing from the related mice especially by considerably larger size, any of various similar rodents, a contemptible person: as, one who betrays or deserts friends or associates, scab 3b, informer 2, a pad over which a woman's hair is arranged, a person who spends much time in a specified place , ~like adjective II. verb (~ted; ~ting) Date: 1812 intransitive verb to betray, desert, or inform on one's associates, to catch or hunt ~s, to work as a scab, transitive verb to give (hair) the effect of greater quantity (as by use of a ~), to inform on ; turn in
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n. & v. --n. 1 a any of several rodents of the genus Rattus (brown rat). b any similar rodent (muskrat; water-rat). 2 a deserter from a party, cause, difficult situation, etc.; a turncoat (from the superstition that rats desert a sinking ship). 3 colloq. an unpleasant person. 4 a worker who refuses to join a strike, or who blacklegs. 5 (in pl.) sl. an exclamation of contempt, annoyance, etc. --v.intr. (ratted, ratting) 1 (of a person or dog) hunt or kill rats. 2 colloq. desert a cause, party, etc. 3 (foll. by on) a betray; let down. b inform on. Phrases and idioms rat-catcher a person who rids buildings of rats etc. rat kangaroo Austral. any of various small ratlike marsupials of the family Potoroidae, having kangaroo-like hind limbs for jumping. rat race a fiercely competitive struggle for position, power, etc. rat's tail a thing shaped like a rat's tail, e.g. a tapering cylindrical file. rat-tail 1 the grenadier fish. 2 a horse with a hairless tail. 3 such a tail. rat-tail (or -tailed) spoon a spoon with a tail-like moulding from the handle to the back of the bowl. Etymology: OE r{aelig}t & OF rat ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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