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ratty

/rat-ee/US // ˈræt i //UK // (ˈrætɪ) //

老鼠,鼠辈,小老鼠,老鼠的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    rat·ti·er, rat·ti·est.

    • : full of rats.
    • : of or characteristic of a rat.
    • : wretched; shabby: a ratty, old overcoat.
    • : Slang. irritable or angry; bad-tempered; nasty: I always feel ratty when I wake up.

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Examples

  • Whatever the politicians decide, the science of us has come a long way from Watson and Rayner instilling ratty fears in an unsuspecting infant.

  • I honestly can’t remember which manner of ratty Amazon bargain bin chair I had held onto for the last several years, but a month or two into this, I rolled it into the donation pile.

  • Because, for me, the idea of the regal Diane in the ratty warehouse digs is positively tantalizing.

  • The king got out an old ratty deck of cards after breakfast, and him and the duke played seven-up a while, five cents a game.

  • Ratty made no answer—his blood began to cool—he became every moment more sensible that he had received heavy blows.

  • I knew wed be sorry if ever we tried stopping over at one of these ratty little towns, muttered George.

  • Muskrats I had no sympathy for, they looked so ratty, and had so unpleasant a smell.

  • Curfoot, one lank knee over the other, swung his foot thoughtfully to and fro, his ratty eyes lost in dreamy revery.