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  • noun
    plural rats
    [count] a small animal that has a pointed nose and a long, thin tail
    a dirty old building infested by rats and mice
    a lab/laboratory rat [=a rat that is used by scientists for experiments]
    He came in from the rain looking like a drowned rat. [=looking very wet and miserable]
    informal
    a person who is not loyal or who cannot be trusted
    I can't believe that rat turned us in to the police!
    a person who is bad or cruel
    No one understands why she's with a rat like him.
    US informal :a person who spends a lot of time in a specified place
    a mall rat
    Every night he goes to work out with the other gym rats. - see also pack rat, rugrat
    smell a rat
    informal :to think or suspect that something is wrong about a situation
    She smelled a rat when her husband came home with lipstick on his collar.
    verb
    rats; ratted; ratting
    informal :to tell someone in authority (such as the police) about something wrong that someone has done :to betray someone [no obj]
    The teacher knows what we did, which means that somebody ratted. - often + on
    I am trying to find out who ratted on me. [+ obj] (US) - + out
    Someone ratted him out to the police.
    They accused him of ratting out his own brother.

    * Các từ tương tự:
    rat race, rat run, rat-arsed, rat-a-tat, ratatouille, ratchet, rate, rate of exchange, rather