rathole

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An entrance to a living area or passageway used by mice or rats.
  2. A living area used by mice or rats, or a similar living area used by other animals.
    — Bhantus catch the sanda, or broad-tailed lizard, which dwells in rat-holes in the ground and lives always in fear of the cobra.
  3. A particularly squalid human residence or other place.
  4. An area of a silo that has undergone ratholing, so that material moves mostly through the centre and accumulates around the edges.
  5. A pigeonhole.
动词 v.
  1. To hoard. transitive
  2. To take a conversation off topic, especially in technical meetings. transitive
  3. To surreptitiously or prematurely remove chips during a poker game. transitive
  4. To exit a cash game and re-enter with a smaller stack. intransitive
  5. (of material) To empty only in the center of a hopper or silo, persisting circumferentially. intransitive

词形变化

ratholes plural ratholes present,singular,third-person ratholing participle,present ratholed participle,past ratholed past

词汇关系

近义词
amound intreasure
衍生词
pound sand into a rathole enough sense to pound sand into a rathole

词源

词源 1
From rat + hole.
词源 2
From rat + hole.
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