口語:不懷好意的rat
1. pack rat 喜歡收集一大堆自己不需要的東西的人;不可靠的人
For me there could be nothing worse than living with a pack rat.
對我來說人世間最痛苦的是莫過於同一個囤積狂共處一室。
2. rat race 過於激烈的'競爭;爭先恐後、一擁而上
I'd love to get out of the rat race and buy a house in some remote part ofthe countryside.
我真想退出這激烈的龍爭虎鬥,到鄉下偏僻的地方買棟房子住。
3. look like a drowned rat 落湯雞(多是因爲大雨而溼透)
I had to cycle home in the rain and came in looking like a drowned rat.
我不得不淋雨回家,結果就成落湯雞了。
4. rat-arsed 酩酊大醉
They came home completely rat-arsed.
昨晚他回到家時已經爛醉如泥。
5. rat fink 卑鄙小人;極端惹人厭的傢伙
If I find the rat fink who informed on me, he won't live long enough to doit again.
要是我找出那個出賣我的卑鄙小人,他就活不長了。