| 单词 | country mouse |
| 释义 | > as lemmascountry mouse country mouse n. [after classical Latin rusticus mūs (Horace), ancient Greek μῦς ἀρουραῖος (Aesop)] (a) a mouse which lives in the countryside (originally as a character in fables); (b) (frequently with allusion to one of Aesop's fables) a country dweller, esp. one who is unfamiliar with urban life (cf. town mouse n. at town n. Compounds 1b). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Muridae > genus Mus or mouse > of particular form, habits, or habitat country mouse1553 tree-mouse1897 nude1966 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > country dweller > [noun] countrymanc1300 landmana1400 Jack (John) Upland1402 rurala1475 rustical?1532 rusticc1550 Jock upalanda1568 John Uponlanda1568 rustican1570 countrywoman1679 country cousin1692 ruralist1739 country mouse1750 backwoodsman1774 back-countryman1796 mountaineer1837 ruralite1841 mountain man1847 smock-frock1858 way back1890 woop woop1936 swamp Yankee1941 1553 R. Burrant in tr. Preceptes Cato (new ed.) sig. x.iiiv The countrie Mouse said. I had rather haue my poore chere at home, in saufegard & quietnesse, then to haue all these delicate dishes and sumpteous cates with soche feare. 1585 W. Bullokar tr. Æsop Fables sig. C2 Of the townish mouc' and contry-mouc'. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 504 The Epithets of myce are thes;..rustik, or country mouse, vrbane, or citty mouse. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 544 The wood-Mouse is called in Greeke as the Countrey-mouse. 1750 Student 1 No. 5. 190 An honest country mouse Kindly receiv'd, within his homely house. 1841 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. Mar. (1954) I. 85 Letters from a Town Mouse to a Country Mouse. 1953 Jrnl. Mammalogy 34 177 The 92:100 ratio for 123 country mice was derived from all other mice taken at all seasons in other parts of the island. 1997 Billboard 4 Oct. (Elton John Tribute section) 12 I believe you once described the two of you together as a town mouse and a country mouse. < as lemmas |
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