Start with the animal the words actually name: a small creature that gets by in a place where almost nothing does. It lives in a hole, comes out when the ground cools, knows exactly where everything is, and needs very little. Every other use of desert rat takes that small tough survivor and hangs it on a person who has lived in the desert long enough to be like one.
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Second World War desert soldier · noun
A nickname for a soldier who served in the desert of North Africa in the Second World War, in the British 7th Armoured Division; the sources also count Australian soldiers who served with them.
沙漠之鼠（二戰北非英軍）