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lab rat
Language:
Meanings:
1.
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Neutral
Formal
A rodent or other small animal used as a subject in scientific experiments conducted in a laboratory.
2.
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Informal
Derogatory
Colloquial
A person who is used as a human experimental subject, often repeatedly or without full consent.
A person who is exploited, tested, or manipulated by others for practical, scientific, or personal purposes.
Examples:
EN:
I don't know when he started drinking at cabarets, but he used to be a lab rat.
ES:
No sé cuando empezó a frecuentar los clubs, pero solía ser una rata de laboratorio
EN:
Well, don't worry, Tommy. You're still number-1 lab rat.
ES:
No te preocupes, Tommy, aún eres la rata de laboratorio Número 1.
EN:
There's no lab rat I saw.
ES:
No vi ninguna rata de laboratorio.
EN:
She's holding me against my will. I'm being used as a lab rat.
ES:
Me retiene contra mi voluntad, me está usando como rata de laboratorio.
EN:
A goddamn lab rat!
ES:
¡Una maldita rata de laboratorio!
EN:
So a new a lab rat?
ES:
¿Una nueva rata de laboratorio?
EN:
I guess I should have felt honored being your favorite lab rat, but I didn't.
ES:
Imagino que debí sentirme honrada al ser su rata de laboratorio favorita. Pero no es así.
EN:
It's a date. - She looked at him like he was a lab rat.
ES:
- Ella lo miró como si fuera una rata de laboratorio.
EN:
- I'm not some kind of lab rat.
ES:
- No soy un ratón de laboratorio.
EN:
I'm nobody's lab rat, do you understand?
ES:
No seré la cobaya de nadie. ¿Lo entiendes?
EN:
- You mean a human lab rat.
ES:
- Quiere decir una cobaya humana.
EN:
We've got a 60-year-old convict and a lab rat.
ES:
No. Tenemos un convicto de 60 años y una rata de laboratorio.
EN:
I would say your days of being a lab rat are pretty much over.
ES:
Diría que tus días como rata de laboratorio casi han terminado.
EN:
Seven years of playing lab rat for him was quite enough.
ES:
Siete años de cobayo para él fueron suficientes.
EN:
I'm gonna be a fuckin' lab rat.
ES:
Voy a ser una rata de laboratorio.
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