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a pack rat习惯囤积东西的人。pack rat是北美洲的狐尾大林鼠。这种动物习惯将找到的东西拖回去，以便筑巢时使用，或者将食物拖回巢穴储存。用来指人，则比喻“为了纪念意义或不时之需等理由，囤积没有用途或旧东西的人”。
看看老外聊天时怎么用a pack rat：
Ian: I suggest you get rid of some useless stuff.
Eve: I can't. Every item has a special value to me.
Ian: Even this tattered notebook?
Eve: It's my first notebook: the sketches are the marks of my youth.
Ian: You are such a hopeless pack rat.
伊恩：我建议你扔掉一些没用的东西。
伊芙：不行啊，每件东西对我都有特殊意义。
伊恩：这个破笔记本也有意义？伊芙：那是我的第一个笔记本，里面的涂鸦是我的青春记录。
伊恩：你真是个无药可救的囤积狂。
a pack rat例句精选：
She's a pack rat.I bet she has tons of stuff to pack.
她是个国积狂
，肯定有一堆东西要打包。
I'm a pack rat, I never throw anything out.
我是个收藏癖，我从来不扔东西的。
You've been hoarding like a pack rat since the crash.
自从飞机坠毁，你一直在到处搜寻东西。
She was a pack rat and saved everything she got her hands on.
她喜欢收藏小物件，凡到手的东西她都储存起来。
You are a hopeless pack rat.
你就是个无望的收藏癖。
拓展学习：
hoard 贮藏
perpetuate 留存
disorderly 杂乱的
arrange 整理
stock up（为某种目的）储备
tidy up 整理；清理
sit on the fence 犹豫不决
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