| 释义 |
shrewmouse|ˈʃruːmaʊs|
(Also with hyphen and as two words.) Pl. -mice. Also 6–7 shroue-, 8–9 shrove-.
[f. shrew n.1 + mouse n.]
Any of the small insectivores of the genus Sorex or family Soricidæ; = shrew n.1
1572Huloet, Shrewmous, mus araneus, Mus cæcus. 1587L. Mascall Govt. Cattle, Oxen (1596) 74 The shroue⁓mouse is an ill beast, and doth trouble and hurt mens cattell. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts 535 This Shrew mouse is a little and light creature, which like a Spider climeth vp vpon any small threed, or vpon the edge of a sword. Ibid. 536 The places where the Shrew-mice hanteth. 1614Markham Cheap Husb., Bull, etc. xxxix. 61 A Shrew Mouse, which is a Mouse with short vneven legges, and a long head, like a Swines, is a venemous thing. 1768Pennant Brit. Zool. I. 113 The shrew mouse inhabits old walls, heaps of stones, or holes in the earth. 1835Browning Paracelsus v. 433 Strangling rushes,..Where the shrew⁓mouse with pale throat Burrows. 1849[Dinsdale] Teesdale Gloss., Shrove-mouse, the field mouse. 1872Calverley Sad Mem. 7 The shrewmouse eyes me shudderingly, then flees;..why was I born a cat? |