mouse
noun /maʊs/
/maʊs/
Idioms - (plural micea small animal that is covered in fur and has a long thin tail. Mice live in fields, in people’s houses or where food is stored./maɪs//maɪs/)
老鼠;耗子 - a house mouse
家鼠 - The stores were overrun with rats and mice.
仓库里到处都是大大小小的老鼠。 - She crept upstairs, quiet as a mouse.
她像耗子一样悄悄地爬上楼去。 - (figurative) He was a weak little mouse of a man.
他是个懦弱无能的人。
see also dormouse, field mouseTopics Animalsa1- A mouse has gnawed its way through the telephone wire.
老鼠顺着电话线啃出了一条信道。 - The mouse genome is a great resource for medical research.
小鼠基因组是医学研究的巨大资源。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deer
- field
- house
- …
- chase
- catch
- kill
- …
- squeak
- run
- scurry
- …
- droppings
- hole
- trap
- …
- as quiet as a mouse
- a house mouse
- (plural mice or mouses)(computing
) a small device that is moved by hand across a surface to control the movement of the cursor on a computer screen计算机 鼠标 - Use the mouse to drag the icon to a new position.
用鼠标将图标拖到一个新的位置。 - I prefer a wireless mouse.
我更喜欢无线鼠标。 - The keyboard and mouse are wireless devices.
键盘和鼠标是无线设备。 - Click the left mouse button twice to highlight the program.
双击鼠标左键来加亮突出这个程序。 - With simple mouse clicks, the viewer can navigate the room.
通过简单的鼠标点击,观众可以浏览房间。
Topics Computersa1- Move the cursor around the screen with the mouse.
用鼠标移动屏幕上的光标。 - Some of these mouse click short cuts are worth learning.
这其中的一些鼠标点击快捷法值得学习。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- optical
- wireless
- click
- double-click
- use
- …
- button
- click
- cursor
- …
- with the mouse
- Use the mouse to drag the icon to a new position.
词源Old English mūs, (plural) mȳs, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch muis and German Maus, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin and Greek mus.
Idioms
play (a game of) cat and mouse with somebody | play a cat-and-mouse game with somebody
- to play a cruel game with somebody in your power by changing your behaviour very often, so that they become nervous and do not know what to expect
和某人玩起猫捉老鼠的游戏;耍弄 - He thought the police were playing some elaborate game of cat and mouse and waiting to trap him.
他以为警察在玩精心设计的猫捉老鼠的游戏,等着诱捕他。 - Young car thieves enjoy playing cat and mouse with the police.
年轻的盗车贼喜欢与警察玩猫捉老鼠的把戏。
- He thought the police were playing some elaborate game of cat and mouse and waiting to trap him.
when the cat’s away, the mice will play
- (saying) people enjoy themselves more and behave with greater freedom when the person in charge of them is not there
猫儿不在,老鼠玩得自在(指管事的不在,下面的玩个痛快)