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单词 mouse
释义

mouse

noun
 
/maʊs/
/maʊs/
Idioms
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  1.  
    (plural mice
    /maɪs/
    /maɪs/
    )
    a small animal that is covered in fur and has a long thin tail. Mice live in fields, in people’s houses or where food is stored.
    • a house mouse
    • The stores were overrun with rats and mice.
    • She crept upstairs, quiet as a mouse.
    • (figurative) He was a weak little mouse of a man.
    Extra Examples
    • A mouse has gnawed its way through the telephone wire.
    • The mouse genome is a great resource for medical research.
    see also dormouse, field mouseTopics Animalsa1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • deer
    • field
    • house
    verb + mouse
    • chase
    • catch
    • kill
    mouse + verb
    • squeak
    • run
    • scurry
    mouse + noun
    • droppings
    • hole
    • trap
    phrases
    • as quiet as a mouse
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  2.  
    (plural mice or mouses)
    (computing) a small device that is moved by hand across a surface to control the movement of the cursor on a computer screen
    • Use the mouse to drag the icon to a new position.
    • I prefer a wireless mouse.
    • The keyboard and mouse are wireless devices.
    • Click the left mouse button twice to highlight the program.
    • With simple mouse clicks, the viewer can navigate the room.
    Extra Examples
    • Move the cursor around the screen with the mouse.
    • Some of these mouse click short cuts are worth learning.
    Topics Computersa1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • optical
    • wireless
    verb + mouse
    • click
    • double-click
    • use
    mouse + noun
    • button
    • click
    • cursor
    preposition
    • with the mouse
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  3. Word OriginOld English mūs, (plural) mȳs, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch muis and German Maus, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin and Greek mus.
Idioms
play (a game of) cat and mouse with somebody | play a cat-and-mouse game with somebody
  1. to play a cruel game with somebody in your power by changing your behaviour very often, so that they become nervous and do not know what to expect
    • He thought the police were playing some elaborate game of cat and mouse and waiting to trap him.
    • Young car thieves enjoy playing cat and mouse with the police.
when the cat’s away, the mice will play
  1. (saying) people enjoy themselves more and behave with greater freedom when the person in charge of them is not there

mouse

verb
/maʊs/
/maʊs/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they mouse
/maʊs/
/maʊs/
he / she / it mouses
/ˈmaʊsɪz/
/ˈmaʊsɪz/
past simple moused
/maʊst/
/maʊst/
past participle moused
/maʊst/
/maʊst/
-ing form mousing
/ˈmaʊsɪŋ/
/ˈmaʊsɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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