A rat with dark fur, large ears, and a long tail. It is found throughout the world, being particularly common in the tropics, and is the chief host of the plague-transmitting flea.
黑家鼠，屋顶鼠，船鼠。亦称SHIP RAT，HOUSE RAT 或ROOF RAT
Rattus rattus, family Muridae
Also called ship rat, house rat, or roof rat
Example sentencesExamples
The reptile house will become the mouse house, home to all kinds of rodents including black rats.
The plague likely spread to Europe on the backs of shipboard black rats that carried plague-infested fleas.
What was worse, he turned his head and found a black rat and a white rat biting energetically into the trunk of the plum tree.
The bats thrived there as recently as 1962 or 1963, until the arrival of black rats aboard fishing vessels.
The small animals we call rats come in two types, the black rat and the Norway rat, and they have lived with man throughout history.
Definition of black rat in US English:
black rat
noun
A rat with dark fur, large ears, and a long tail. It is found throughout the world, being particularly common in the tropics, and is the chief host of the plague-transmitting flea.
黑家鼠，屋顶鼠，船鼠。亦称SHIP RAT，HOUSE RAT 或ROOF RAT
Rattus rattus, family Muridae
Also called roof rat
Example sentencesExamples
The plague likely spread to Europe on the backs of shipboard black rats that carried plague-infested fleas.
What was worse, he turned his head and found a black rat and a white rat biting energetically into the trunk of the plum tree.
The reptile house will become the mouse house, home to all kinds of rodents including black rats.
The small animals we call rats come in two types, the black rat and the Norway rat, and they have lived with man throughout history.
The bats thrived there as recently as 1962 or 1963, until the arrival of black rats aboard fishing vessels.