| 释义 |
brat
I. \ˈbrat, ˈbrät, -äth\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, coarse cloak, from Old English bratt, from Old Irish brat; akin to Welsh brethyn cloth, Breton broz skirt and perhaps to Greek pharos cloth, Lithuanian burva, an article of clothing
1. dialect Britain
a. : clothing
< dressed in their Sunday brats >
b. : a coarse outer garment : cloak
2. dialect Britain : a work garment (as an apron or smock)
3. chiefly Scotland : scum
< brat on the porridge >
II. \ˈbrat, usu -ad.+V\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: perhaps from brat (I)
1. : child, offspring
< an army brat whose father was a colonel >
2. : an ill-mannered annoying child
< like all little girls her age, she could be a brat — Hamilton Basso > |