brat: [16] The origins of brat are not altogether clear, but it has plausibly been connected with the English dialect brat ‘makeshift or ragged garment’, as being the sort of apparel a rough or ill-mannered child might wear. This brat first appeared in late Old English as bratt, meaning ‘cloak’, a borrowing from Old Irish bratt ‘covering, mantle’.
brat (n.)
c. 1500, slang, "beggar's child," originally northern, Midlands and western England dialect word for "makeshift or ragged garment;" probably the same word as Old English bratt "cloak," which is from a Celtic source (compare Old Irish bratt "cloak, cloth"). The modern meaning is perhaps from notion of "child's apron." Hollywood Brat Pack (modeled on 1950s Rat Pack) is from 1985.
雙語例句
1. You ungrateful brat.
你這個沒良心的小壞蛋。
來自柯林斯例句
2. a snivelling little brat
愛哭鬧的小淘氣
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
3. He's a spoilt brat and it's about time he learnt to behave properly.
他是個被寵壞的孩子，是該學(xué)些規(guī)矩了。
來自柯林斯例句
4. He's a spoilt brat.
他是一個被寵壞了的調(diào)皮孩子。
來自辭典例句
5. " Who said it wasn't , brat? " Madam sounded angry.