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词汇 ratbag
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Definition of ratbag in English:

ratbag

noun ˈratbaɡ
British informal
  • An unpleasant or disliked person.

    〈英,非正式〉讨厌的家伙;惹是生非的人;怪人

    she's a snobby old ratbag
    as modifier they blamed the ratbag photographer
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Eventually the old ratbag was carried away screaming across the lawn by two secret service chaps.
    • In Britain the grasping cheating ratbags use the cheapest possible paper, full of acid, that goes brown and falls apart after a couple of years.
    • I was concerned, of course, that she'd be a ratbag for the rest of the day, but strangely, it didn't work out that way.
    • The Greens are not the scruffy ratbags we thought they were.
    • I used to think 90 per cent of the human race were a bunch of ratbags.
    Synonyms
    scoundrel, villain, rogue, rascal, brute, animal, weasel, snake, monster, ogre, wretch, devil, good-for-nothing, reprobate, wrongdoer, evil-doer

Origin

Late 19th century (originally Australian): from rat + bag.

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