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rathole

/rat-hohl/US // ˈrætˌhoʊl //

鼠洞,鼠孔,老鼠洞,鼠穴

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a hole made by a rat, as into a room, barn, etc.: The first chore in the old building is to plug up the ratholes.
    • : the burrow or shelter of a rat.
    • : any small and uncomfortable room, office, apartment, etc., especially one that is dirty or disordered: He lives in a rathole near the docks.

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Examples

  • I certainly do, but I think they’ve gone down that same rathole in Colorado and in Montana and other places.

  • The platform was in a warehouse which, like the rest of the structures in Rathole, was a half-buried dome.

  • He knew every rathole of the system, with the same intimacy the rats knew them.

  • He had seven hours to go and he was still at least 16 kilometers from Rathole.

  • There was nothing to do but turn back to Rathole and see if some other way could not be found.

  • You will have to take a groundcar to Rathole and bring the fellow back.