| 单词 | town mouse |
| 释义 | > as lemmastown mouse town mouse n. [after classical Latin urbānus mūs (Horace), ancient Greek μῦς ἀστικός (Aesop)] (with allusion to one of Aesop's fables) a town dweller, esp. one who is unfamiliar with country life (cf. country mouse n. at country n. and adj. Compounds 4). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > town- or city-dweller > [noun] > as opposed to country citizen?1518 cockney1564 cit1633 townling1738 townie1825 town mouse1835 townsperson1840 townee1899 1553 R. Burrant in tr. Preceptes Cato (new ed.) sig. x.iiiv The Mouse of the countrie, that was led into the citie, by the Toune Mouse, and of the same Mouse feasted. 1750 Student 1 No. 5. 190 Town-mice, he knew, luxurious were.] 1835 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 199/1 We country mice must trim our whiskers and manners to the newest cut ere we visit the town mice. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. iii. 283 Here's Arthur a regular young town-mouse, with a natural taste for the woods. 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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