Brooklyn Nine-Nine · 第 1 季
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rat

/rˈæt/A1

告密 / 出卖 (v.)

俚语用法。名词是老鼠,动词 `rat out` 指「告发、出卖(同伙)」,是街头和犯罪题材里的高频黑话。

Now I gotta go into an interrogation with no evidence
and try to get Jacoby to rat out his distributors!
I'm sorry, I got jumpy.