英语词汇“mouse”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

mouse

(maʊs )

Word forms: mice language note: The plural mouses can be used for meaning [sense 2].

1. countable noun A2

A mouse is a small furry animal with a long tail.

...a mouse running in a wheel in its cage.

...the problem of rats and mice.

2. countable noun A2

A mouse is a device that is connected to a computer. By moving it over a flat surface and pressing its buttons, you can move the cursor around the screen and do things without using the keyboard.

3. game of cat and mouse phrase

In a fight or contest, if one person plays cat and mouse, or a game of cat and mouse, with the other, the first person tries to confuse or deceive the second in order to defeat them.

The youths have played cat and mouse with the police.

It's a cat-and-mouse game to him.

Image of mouse

Idioms:

cat and mouse or a game of cat and mouse

a situation in which a person tries to confuse or deceive another in order to defeat them

He would play cat-and-mouse with other riders, sometimes waiting until the fourth lap to come from behind and win.

poor as a church mouse [old-fashioned]

very poor

I was as poor as a church mouse, but I bought that wreck of a car.

quiet as a mouse

very quiet or silent

We were quiet as mice, hiding in there.

Collocations:

pet mouse

Tonight's caseload, meanwhile, includes a landscape gardener with a secret crop, an amusingly bickering young couple, missing high-explosive laxatives and a pet mouse causing trauma among the staff.

Times, Sunday Times

He spins an amusing though, of course, self-regarding half-hour routine out of the futility of gym workouts and his childhood diary entry detailing the demise of a pet mouse.

Times, Sunday Times

Not for appearance - my pet mouse was just desperate for a leather armchair.

The Sun

The dummy terrified her rabbit and her pet mouse pulled out the stuffing.

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In the harshness of the real world mice rarely survive for more than a few months; pet mice live for two years or more.

Times, Sunday Times

wireless mouse

The prize also includes fitness advice and nutritional guidance from experts, and fab laptop accessories including a case and wireless mouse.

The Sun

You could, of course, try a wireless mouse instead.

Times, Sunday Times

It had a wireless keyboard and optional wireless mouse, which communicated with the computer using an infrared link; this was relatively new at the time.

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Translations:

Chinese: 老鼠, 鼠标

Japanese: ハツカネズミ, マウス

单词	mouse
释义	mouse (maʊs ) Word forms: mice language note: The plural mouses can be used for meaning [sense 2]. 1. countable noun A2 A mouse is a small furry animal with a long tail. ...a mouse running in a wheel in its cage. ...the problem of rats and mice. 2. countable noun A2 A mouse is a device that is connected to a computer. By moving it over a flat surface and pressing its buttons, you can move the cursor around the screen and do things without using the keyboard. 3. game of cat and mouse phrase In a fight or contest, if one person plays cat and mouse, or a game of cat and mouse, with the other, the first person tries to confuse or deceive the second in order to defeat them. The youths have played cat and mouse with the police. It's a cat-and-mouse game to him. Image of mouse © Rudmer Zwerver, Shutterstock Idioms: cat and mouse or a game of cat and mouse a situation in which a person tries to confuse or deceive another in order to defeat them He would play cat-and-mouse with other riders, sometimes waiting until the fourth lap to come from behind and win. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers poor as a church mouse [old-fashioned] very poor I was as poor as a church mouse, but I bought that wreck of a car. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers quiet as a mouse very quiet or silent We were quiet as mice, hiding in there. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: pet mouse Tonight's caseload, meanwhile, includes a landscape gardener with a secret crop, an amusingly bickering young couple, missing high-explosive laxatives and a pet mouse causing trauma among the staff. Times, Sunday Times He spins an amusing though, of course, self-regarding half-hour routine out of the futility of gym workouts and his childhood diary entry detailing the demise of a pet mouse. Times, Sunday Times Not for appearance - my pet mouse was just desperate for a leather armchair. The Sun The dummy terrified her rabbit and her pet mouse pulled out the stuffing. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the harshness of the real world mice rarely survive for more than a few months; pet mice live for two years or more. Times, Sunday Times wireless mouse The prize also includes fitness advice and nutritional guidance from experts, and fab laptop accessories including a case and wireless mouse. The Sun You could, of course, try a wireless mouse instead. Times, Sunday Times It had a wireless keyboard and optional wireless mouse, which communicated with the computer using an infrared link; this was relatively new at the time. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 老鼠, 鼠标 Japanese: ハツカネズミ, マウス
随便看	come up with the goods come within a hair's breadth of doing something come within an ace of doing something come within an ace of something come within an inch of doing something come within a whisker of doing something come with the territory comfort comfortable comfortable accommodation comfortable armchair comfortable bed comfortable cabin comfortable chair comfortable clothes comfortable clothing comfortable couch comfortable cushion comfortable distance comfortable environment comfortable existence comfortable footwear comfortable furniture comfortable home comfortable hotel