brat: [16] The origins of brat are not altogether clear, but it has plausibly been connected with the English dialect brat ‘makeshift or ragged garment’, as being the sort of apparel a rough or ill-mannered child might wear. This brat first appeared in late Old English as bratt, meaning ‘cloak’, a borrowing from Old Irish bratt ‘covering, mantle’.
brat (n.)
c. 1500, slang, "beggar's child," originally northern, Midlands and western England dialect word for "makeshift or ragged garment;" probably the same word as Old English bratt "cloak," which is from a Celtic source (compare Old Irish bratt "cloak, cloth"). The modern meaning is perhaps from notion of "child's apron." Hollywood Brat Pack (modeled on 1950s Rat Pack) is from 1985.
实用例句
1. You ungrateful brat.
你这个没良心的小坏蛋。
来自柯林斯例句
2. a snivelling little brat
爱哭闹的小淘气
来自《权威词典》
3. He's a spoilt brat and it's about time he learnt to behave properly.
他是个被宠坏的孩子，是该学些规矩了。
来自柯林斯例句
4. He's a spoilt brat.
他是一个被宠坏了的调皮孩子。
来自辞典例句
5. " Who said it wasn't , brat? " Madam sounded angry.