packrat

A noun referring to a person who collects and hoards a large variety of often useless or miscellaneous objects, or to a bushy-tailed rodent of the genus Neotoma native to western North America, known for hoarding food and other items.

• 🇨🇳指喜欢收集和囤积大量物品（常常是无用或杂七杂八的东西）的人；也指林鼠属（Neotoma）的啮齿动物，分布于北美西部，以收集食物和其他物件筑巢而闻名。

1. Hoarding person B2 informal american

   A person who collects and stores a large number of often useless or trivial items.

   • My grandfather is a real packrat; he never throws away old newspapers.
   • She's become a bit of a packrat, keeping every receipt from the past decade.
   • Being a packrat, his garage is filled with boxes of random junk.

   🇨🇳囤积狂

   同义词: accumulatorcollectorhoardermagpiesquirrel

   反义词: minimalist

2. Rodent species C1 formal american scientific

   A bushy-tailed rodent of the genus Neotoma, native to western North America, known for gathering and storing food and other objects.

   • The packrat built its nest using twigs, leaves, and shiny objects it found.
   • Packrats are known for their habit of collecting and hoarding various items.
   • A packrat's den can contain a surprising assortment of natural and man-made materials.

   🇨🇳林鼠

   同义词: pack rattrade ratwood rat

• packrats plural form
• packrats' possessive plural form
• packrat's possessive singular form