ratfink

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈɹætfɪŋk/    美 /ˈɹætfɪŋk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An informer or spy; a traitor. Canada,US
    — The authors have facetiously labeled the contemplated musical as 'Ratfink', after the name of its central character, James J. Ratfink. Its title is not meant in a derogatory sense.
  2. A dislikable or contemptible person. Canada,US,also,attributive
    — Maxwell—or Maxie, as he was familiarly called by his once and former rat fink girlfriend—lived in a six-story walkup on a narrow street in Calm's Point, […]
  3. A strikebreaker. Canada,US
动词 v.
  1. To inform on; to betray. Canada,US,transitive
    — It led to some rather incredible and colourful claims in the submission by the union that the employers had ratfinked on previous agreements.

词形变化

ratfinks plural rat fink alternative rat-fink alternative ratfinks present,singular,third-person ratfinking participle,present ratfinked participle,past ratfinked past rat fink alternative rat-fink alternative

词源

词源 1
From rat + fink.
词源 2
From rat + fink.
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