| 单词 | mouse-killer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmouse-killer mouse-killer n. (a) a killer of mice; †(b) derogatory a coward (obsolete). ΚΠ 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Muricidus, a mousekiller. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 513 In ancient time, a mouse-killer was taken for an opprobrious speech. 1882 H. D. Traill Recaptured Rhymes 103 Of me By forces as resistless and her own She [sc. Nature] made a mouse-killer. 1963 B. Vesey-Fitzgerald Cat Owner's Encycl. 59 The domestic mouse-killer of the Greeks..was not a cat at all, but a weasel or marten. 2000 Guardian (Electronic ed.) 12 Aug. The house cat—a mouse-killer—got her own stencil (a tiny mouse shape) sprayed on the wall by her water bowl, signifying confirmed kills. < as lemmas |
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