ratcatcher
/rat-kach-er/US // ˈrætˌkætʃ ər //
捕鼠人,捕鼠者,捕鼠器,捉老鼠的人
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a person, animal, or thing that catches and exterminates rats, especially a person whose business it is to rid a property of rats.
- : Chiefly British. an informal fox-hunting costume, as a tweed jacket and tan riding breeches.
Examples
A friend of mine used to call it, not inaptly, ‘the ratcatcher style’.
One day a stranger came saying he was a ratcatcher, and offered to rid the place of the vermin for a sum of money.
There is associated with Buckingham Palace a most worthy and useful individual called the ratcatcher.
Everybody can see why in such a vast and generally untenanted barrack, there should be a ratcatcher.
There is no reason whatever why a whole evening should not be spent in the discussion of the ratcatcher's salary.
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