brat
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++brat /bræt/ noun [countable] informal 1 BAD PERSONa badly behaved child 顽劣儿童 a spoiled brat 一个被宠坏的顽劣儿童2. army/navy/military etc brat informal American English a child whose family moves often, because one or both parents work for the army, navy etc 陆军/海军/军队等的军中小鬼〔指父母一方或双方在军队工作、经常随父母迁居的孩子〕 —bratty adjective
Examples from the Corpus
brat• This is like an upper class brat.• And let some one else look after her little brats for a change.• Now go away, you nasty little brat.• The school is full of rich brats.• Should I tell him his kid is a spoiled brat?• Kids can be such brats and so mean.• But neither of these brats would kill him!• All his classmates were either married with brats or disgustingly overweight.spoiled brat• Stop acting like a spoiled brat.Origin brat (1500-1600) Perhaps from brat “rough or torn piece of clothing” ((10-20 centuries)), from Old Irish bratt “cloak”brat nounChinese
Corpus badly behaved child a
brat
brat /bræt/
noun [countable] informal
a spoiled brat
2. army/navy/military etc brat American English a child whose family moves often, because one or both parents work for the army, navy etc
—bratty adjective
brat /bræt/
noun [countable] informal Date: 1500-1600
Origin: Perhaps from brat 'rough or torn piece of clothing' (10-20 centuries), from Old Irish bratt 'cloak'
1. a badly behaved child:Origin: Perhaps from brat 'rough or torn piece of clothing' (10-20 centuries), from Old Irish bratt 'cloak'
2. army/navy/military etc brat American English a child whose family moves often, because one or both parents work for the army, navy etc
—bratty adjective