Idiom
lab rat
Meaning
A student or employee who spends a great deal of time working in a laboratory.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“She is a total lab rat and loves her research.”
“Since he started his PhD, he has become a complete lab rat who rarely leaves the building.”
“The dedicated scientist remained a committed lab rat throughout her career, finding more comfort among her beakers and samples than in the outside world.”
Examples
simple
“She is a total lab rat and loves her research.”
contextual
“Since he started his PhD, he has become a complete lab rat who rarely leaves the building.”
complex
“The dedicated scientist remained a committed lab rat throughout her career, finding more comfort among her beakers and samples than in the outside world.”
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