rat
要点ネズミ
意味
- ネズミ
- ひきょう者,裏切り者
- ネズミをつかまえる
- 《話》(人を)裏切る,密告する《+on+名〈人〉》
例文
Are you sure there isn't rat meat in that burger?
本当にあのハンバーガーにはネズミの肉は入っていない？
He'll be sure to smell a rat if I'm with you.
君といたら、彼はきっと感づくだろう。
Seems like the cat had gotten wind of a rat.
猫がネズミを嗅ぎつけたようですね。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English raat, rat, ratt, ratte, rotte, from Old English ræt, rætt, from Proto-West Germanic *ratt, from Proto-Germanic *rattaz, *rattō (“rat”), of uncertain origin, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₃d- (“to gnaw, scrape, scratch”). However, the rat may have been unknown in Northern Europe in antiquity, and the Proto-Germanic word may have referred to a different animal; see *rattaz for more. Attestation of this family of words begins in the 12th century.
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