| 释义 |
rat
verb- to inform US, 1934
Perhaps from an earlier political sense of changing political parties. - And I’m warning you, don’t rat to the cops if you want to stay healthy. — Irving Shulman, The Amboy Dukes, p. 65, 1947
- I mean, he’s got those kids so trained now that they’ll rat on their best friend if they hear him curse. — Evan Hunter, The Blackboard Jungle, p. 150, 1954
- He had worked for them, had done time in jail because of jobs he did for them, and had never ratted. — James Mills, The Panic in Needle Park, p. 21, 1966
- I wasn’t blind, and I hadn’t ratted on Rocky. — Piri Thomas, Down These Mean Streets, p. 39, 1967
- Luce, who had helped organize the Cuba trips and had once gone skinnydipping with Fidel, joined with the FBI and ratted on all of his friends. — Jerry Rubin, Do It!, p. 63, 1970
- Unless he’s ratting on the Latins or the Blacks–then if he survives the first twenty-four hours, he’s all right. — Edwin Torres, Carlito’s Way, p. 44, 1975
- And I’m not gonna do anything to screw it up, includin’ pee in the prison yard, knock up the Warden’s daughter or rat on my old partners. — 48 Hours, 1982
- I’ve taken four falls and never ratted on anyone in my life. — Gerald Petievich, To Live and Die in L.A., p. 132, 1983
- As long as you done your time nice, you didn’t rat anybody out, and you never took it in the ass. — Vincent Patrick, Family Business, p. 55, 1985
- PFC William Santiago threatens to rat on Dawson to the Naval Investigative Service. — A Few Good Men, 1992
- “See if he’ll rat on the guy he works for.” “You say ‘rat out” now. Yeah, well, he may slip, tell us something." — Elmore Leonard, Be Cool, p. 211, 1999
- [W]e wanted to get away before he takes our dabs [fingerprints] and rats to the soshe [Social Security, a UK Government agency]. — Kevin Sampson, Powder, p. 28, 1999
- to rob or loot a person or place AUSTRALIA, 1898
- Artie Fethers bent down and souvenired the officer’s pistol, and Mick Flyn quickly ratted his pockets. — Leonard Mann, Flesh in Armour, p. 56, 1932
- Why none o’ yer shipmates would be after rattin’ yer ditty bag. — Robert S. Close, Love Me Sailor, p. 107, 1945
- “Do you know,” remarked Ted the stretcher-bearer as he applied the lint, “some bastard ratted my medical satchel this morning?” — Eric Lambert, The Veterans, p. 203, 1954
- — Patsy Adam-Smith, Folklore of the Australian Railwaymen, p. 239, 1969
|