Definition of rathole in English:

rathole

noun ˈrathəʊlˈrætˌhoʊl

1informal A cramped or squalid room or building.
〈非正式〉肮脏的地方；陋室
a rathole where a friend lived until her place was broken into for the seventeenth time
Example sentencesExamples
- And not just ratholes; ratholes without a washing machine or air conditioning.
- The illness is key to the film's basic structure, careening between Hughes's high-flying grandiose business exploits and the suffocating rathole of his phobic hell.
- I've looked at a number of places, both share situations and solo one-bedrooms, and I've discovered that lots of folks pay a whole lot of money to live in ratholes.
2North American informal Used to refer to the waste of money or resources.
〈北美，非正式〉无底洞（用以指对金钱或资源的浪费）
pouring our assets down the rathole of military expenditure
让我们的资产流入军费开支的无底洞。
Example sentencesExamples
- It followed Dell into custom manufacturing, but while Dell moved into computers-as-capital-goods (selling servers and business systems), Gateway followed home computing down the consumer electronics rathole.
- One can only hope some lonely auditor somewhere is figuring out what ratholes those funds went down too.
- ‘If taxpayers were aware that a good chunk of their taxes were going down the rathole into these subsidies, they'd be marching on the Mall,’ said Myers in an interview.
- It's rather appropriate that the logo for Disney is a mouse, because The Walt Disney Company this week announced its intention to throw money down a rathole.
- This is not to say that more money might not make the difference, but the system is not binary, and we could well just be pouring more US money down a bottomless rathole.
3(in the oil industry) a shallow hole drilled near a well to accommodate the drill string joint when not in use.
（石油工业）储放钻杆的浅孔
1. 3.1 A small hole drilled at the bottom of a larger hole.
  （大钻孔的）导孔

verb ˈrathəʊlˈrætˌhoʊl

[with object]North American informal

Hide (money or goods), typically as part of a deception.
〈北美，非正式〉（尤指为了欺诈、欺骗而）隐藏，掩藏（货币，货物）
he had ratholed the nine thousand that nobody could find

Definition of rathole in US English:

rathole

nounˈrætˌhoʊlˈratˌhōl

informal

1A cramped or squalid room or building.
〈非正式〉肮脏的地方；陋室
Example sentencesExamples
- And not just ratholes; ratholes without a washing machine or air conditioning.
- I've looked at a number of places, both share situations and solo one-bedrooms, and I've discovered that lots of folks pay a whole lot of money to live in ratholes.
- The illness is key to the film's basic structure, careening between Hughes's high-flying grandiose business exploits and the suffocating rathole of his phobic hell.
2North American Used to refer to the waste of money or resources.
〈北美，非正式〉无底洞（用以指对金钱或资源的浪费）
pouring our assets down the rathole of military expenditure
让我们的资产流入军费开支的无底洞。
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘If taxpayers were aware that a good chunk of their taxes were going down the rathole into these subsidies, they'd be marching on the Mall,’ said Myers in an interview.
- One can only hope some lonely auditor somewhere is figuring out what ratholes those funds went down too.
- It followed Dell into custom manufacturing, but while Dell moved into computers-as-capital-goods (selling servers and business systems), Gateway followed home computing down the consumer electronics rathole.
- It's rather appropriate that the logo for Disney is a mouse, because The Walt Disney Company this week announced its intention to throw money down a rathole.
- This is not to say that more money might not make the difference, but the system is not binary, and we could well just be pouring more US money down a bottomless rathole.

verbˈrætˌhoʊlˈratˌhōl

[with object]North American informal

Hide (money or goods), typically as part of a fraud or deception.
〈北美，非正式〉（尤指为了欺诈、欺骗而）隐藏，掩藏（货币，货物）

单词	rathole
释义	Definition of rathole in English: rathole noun ˈrathəʊlˈrætˌhoʊl 1informal A cramped or squalid room or building. 〈非正式〉肮脏的地方；陋室 a rathole where a friend lived until her place was broken into for the seventeenth time Example sentencesExamples And not just ratholes; ratholes without a washing machine or air conditioning. The illness is key to the film's basic structure, careening between Hughes's high-flying grandiose business exploits and the suffocating rathole of his phobic hell. I've looked at a number of places, both share situations and solo one-bedrooms, and I've discovered that lots of folks pay a whole lot of money to live in ratholes. 2North American informal Used to refer to the waste of money or resources. 〈北美，非正式〉无底洞（用以指对金钱或资源的浪费） pouring our assets down the rathole of military expenditure 让我们的资产流入军费开支的无底洞。 Example sentencesExamples It followed Dell into custom manufacturing, but while Dell moved into computers-as-capital-goods (selling servers and business systems), Gateway followed home computing down the consumer electronics rathole. One can only hope some lonely auditor somewhere is figuring out what ratholes those funds went down too. ‘If taxpayers were aware that a good chunk of their taxes were going down the rathole into these subsidies, they'd be marching on the Mall,’ said Myers in an interview. It's rather appropriate that the logo for Disney is a mouse, because The Walt Disney Company this week announced its intention to throw money down a rathole. This is not to say that more money might not make the difference, but the system is not binary, and we could well just be pouring more US money down a bottomless rathole. 3(in the oil industry) a shallow hole drilled near a well to accommodate the drill string joint when not in use. （石油工业）储放钻杆的浅孔 3.1 A small hole drilled at the bottom of a larger hole. （大钻孔的）导孔 verb ˈrathəʊlˈrætˌhoʊl [with object]North American informal Hide (money or goods), typically as part of a deception. 〈北美，非正式〉（尤指为了欺诈、欺骗而）隐藏，掩藏（货币，货物） he had ratholed the nine thousand that nobody could find Definition of rathole in US English: rathole nounˈrætˌhoʊlˈratˌhōl informal 1A cramped or squalid room or building. 〈非正式〉肮脏的地方；陋室 Example sentencesExamples And not just ratholes; ratholes without a washing machine or air conditioning. I've looked at a number of places, both share situations and solo one-bedrooms, and I've discovered that lots of folks pay a whole lot of money to live in ratholes. The illness is key to the film's basic structure, careening between Hughes's high-flying grandiose business exploits and the suffocating rathole of his phobic hell. 2North American Used to refer to the waste of money or resources. 〈北美，非正式〉无底洞（用以指对金钱或资源的浪费） pouring our assets down the rathole of military expenditure 让我们的资产流入军费开支的无底洞。 Example sentencesExamples ‘If taxpayers were aware that a good chunk of their taxes were going down the rathole into these subsidies, they'd be marching on the Mall,’ said Myers in an interview. One can only hope some lonely auditor somewhere is figuring out what ratholes those funds went down too. It followed Dell into custom manufacturing, but while Dell moved into computers-as-capital-goods (selling servers and business systems), Gateway followed home computing down the consumer electronics rathole. It's rather appropriate that the logo for Disney is a mouse, because The Walt Disney Company this week announced its intention to throw money down a rathole. This is not to say that more money might not make the difference, but the system is not binary, and we could well just be pouring more US money down a bottomless rathole. verbˈrætˌhoʊlˈratˌhōl [with object]North American informal Hide (money or goods), typically as part of a fraud or deception. 〈北美，非正式〉（尤指为了欺诈、欺骗而）隐藏，掩藏（货币，货物）
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