pack-rat的词源

英文词源

pack-rat (n.)

common name for the North American bushytailed woodrat (Neotoma cinerea) 1885, from pack (v.); so called from the rodents' habit of dragging objects off to their holes. Used figuratively or allusively from c. 1850 of persons who won't discard anything, which means either the rat's name is older than the record or the human sense is the original one.

中文词源

pack-rat：驮鼠，爱收藏东西的人

pack,包裹，rat,老鼠。一种喜欢把各种各样的物体收集在洞里的老鼠，多用于形容好收藏东西的人。

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