單詞
pack-rat
中文詞源
pack-rat 馱鼠，愛收藏東西的人
pack,包裹，rat,老鼠。一種喜歡把各種各樣的物體收集在洞里的老鼠，多用于形容好收藏東西的人。
英文詞源
- pack-rat (n.)
- common name for the North American bushytailed woodrat (Neotoma cinerea) 1885, from pack (v.); so called from the rodents' habit of dragging objects off to their holes. Used figuratively or allusively from c. 1850 of persons who won't discard anything, which means either the rat's name is older than the record or the human sense is the original one.
雙語例句
- 1. I have tried to pack a good deal into a few words.
- 我盡量言簡意賅。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. It shows a fox being disembowelled by a pack of hounds.
- 畫面中一只狐貍正被一群獵狗撕咬得腸子外流。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Pack the fruits and nuts into the jars and cover with brandy.
- 把水果和堅果放進罐子里，用白蘭地酒浸泡。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Prisons are having to pack in as many inmates as possible.
- 監獄只好拼命往里面塞犯人。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The Socialists may still finish ahead of the pack.
- 社會黨最終仍可能會領先。
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