Pack rat. Is this an actual type of rat? Let's listen.

有收集癖好的人。今天的短语表示老鼠的一种类型吗？让我们听一听吧。

Pack rats live in the American Southwest, where they nosh on the native vegetation.

生活在美国西南部林鼠以原生植物为食。

Pack rats have large cheek pouches, where they store food and other things. These pouches can fill up fast!

驮鼠有硕大的腮囊，它们把食物和其他东西储存在那儿，腮囊很快就会被塞满！

Yes. I have. She is such a pack rat!

是的，我看到了。她真是一个有收集癖好的人！

Another term for a pack rat is a hoarder.

“有收集癖好的人”的另外一种表述是“贮藏者”。

But pack rats seem to eat these noxious shrubs with impunity.

而林鼠似乎吃下这些有毒物质后身体并没有出现问题。

A pack rat is not good, either. This is a person who keeps useless things.

“a pack rat（什么东西都不肯扔的人）”也不是什么褒义短语。这种人喜欢保留没用的东西。

Now, we finish our show with yet another type of pack animal – the pack rat.

现在，我们用另一种pack animal——驮鼠，来结束节目。

In the human world, pack rats are people who keep things that they do not need.

在人类世界里，驮鼠指那些保存不需要东西的人。

However, sometimes it pays to be a pack rat or at least to know one.

然而，有时候做驮鼠或至少认识一个这样的人是值得的。

The researchers found that pack rats from the Mojave harbor gut bacteria that can break down creosote.

研究人员发现莫哈韦港口的林鼠所收集的肠道细菌可以分解木榴油。

A pack rat refers to someone who likes to keep things instead of getting rid of them.

“有收集癖好的人”表示某人喜欢储藏东西，不愿意清理掉它们。

One look in a pack rat's basement or garage and you just might find what you need!

你只要在驮鼠的地下室或车库里瞄一眼，就可能发现自己需要的东西！

A pack rat often says things like, " I can't throw it out. I might it need it someday" .

" 一只驮鼠" 经常用来描述：" 我不能把它扔了，总有一天我会需要它。"

I then say that I've always been a pack rat.

然后我说我一直是个群鼠。

A pack rat is not good, either.

a pack rat 也是一个贬义词，它意为（收藏的东西都是自己不需要的）垃圾收藏家，更糟糕的是，他们和收集的所有东西生活在一起。

I'm a pack rat, I never throw anything out.

我是个收藏癖，我从来不扔东西的。

It turns out dad was a bit of a pack rat.

原来我爸有点收藏癖。

A " pack (pack) rat (rat)" is a person who likes to keep everything – who doesn't throw anything away.

‘pack (pack) rat (rat)’是一个喜欢保留一切的人——谁不扔掉任何东西。

Further, the researchers found that they could take pack rats from the Great Basin—the ones that eat juniper—and give them the ability to eat creosote.

此外，研究人员还发现他们可以将大盆地沙漠中进食杜松的林鼠带到莫哈韦沙漠，赋予它们消化木榴油的能力。