Word · Frequency #21757
prat
臀部；屁股
the buttocks; the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- 1.
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
人体上坐着的那块肉
人体上坐着的那块肉；屁股；傻瓜
In use
After a long hike, my prat was sore.
The toddler slipped on the wet floor and landed on his prat.
He had a tattoo on his prat, which he showed off at the beach.
be a prat
用于责备或提醒某人不要做傻事，常用于英式口语。
Don't be such a prat.
别这么傻了。
call sb a prat
He called me a prat.
他叫我傻瓜。
on one's prat
指摔倒时臀部先着地，口语用法。
He slipped and fell on his prat.
他滑倒了，摔了个屁股蹲儿。
Common mistakes
He is prat.He is a prat.
英语中单数可数名词前通常需要冠词，'prat'表示'傻瓜'时是可数名词，所以应该说'a prat'。
I hurt prat.I hurt my prat.
谈论身体部位时通常使用所有格限定词（如my, his等），而不是单独使用名词。
Connections
Collocations
- fall on one's prat
- 摔倒时屁股着地；一屁股坐到地上
- He missed the chair and fell on his prat.他没坐到椅子上，一屁股摔到地上。
- get off one's prat
- （从座位或地上）起来；别坐着
- Come on, get off your prat and do some work!来吧，别坐着了，干点活吧！
- a smack on the prat
- 在屁股上打一下；打屁股
- The mother gave the naughty boy a smack on the prat.妈妈在小淘气包屁股上打了一下。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
prat 以 p 开头，联想到“屁股”（pìgu），就是人坐着的那块肉。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：casual conversation、humorous or playful writing prat 指“臀部”时属于非正式用词，多用于口语或轻松、幽默的语境，正式场合通常改用 buttocks、bottom 等更中性的说法。
Grammar Note
可数名词
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 prat /præt/ 押韵：重读元音 /æ/ 和尾音 /t/ 相同。注意形近词 part /pɑːrt/ 和 prate /preɪt/ 看起来像 prat，但发音不同。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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