| 单词 | mole |
| 释义 | mole (once / 869 pages) 1n 2n 3n 4n 5n 6n You may have never seen the fuzzy, pointy-nosed animal called a mole even if you know what a mole is, since it lives underground most of the time. One mole is the mammal with beady little eyes that burrows underground eating earthworms. This mole doesn't need much oxygen to breathe and has big paws for digging tunnels. Another type of mole is basically a large, sometimes raised freckle on the skin; a third is a spy, especially a double agent who pretends to work for one country while sending secret information to another. The burrowing type of mole comes from an obsolete English word, moldwarp, or "earth thrower." WORD FAMILYmole: molar, moles+/molar: molarity, molars, premolar/premolar: premolars USAGE EXAMPLESAccording to the State Department, Mr. Lyskenko was “in a position to be responsible” for Mr. Ames’s activities as a very productive mole. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) Platinum declined to comment and Mole did not respond to a request for comment. Reuters(Dec 24, 2016) Moles called police and a dispatcher helped her stem the flow of blood from her husband’s wound. Washington Times(Dec 23, 2016) 1 n a small congenital pigmented spot on the skin 2Hyper blemish, defect, mar a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body) n small velvety-furred burrowing mammal having small eyes and fossorial forefeet 3Hypo|Hyper Condylura cristata, star-nosed mole, starnose mole amphibious mole of eastern North America having pink fleshy tentacles around the nose Parascalops breweri, brewer's mole, hair-tailed molemole of eastern North America golden molemole of southern Africa having iridescent guard hairs mixed with the underfur shrew moleslender mole having a long snout and tail Asiatic shrew mole, Uropsilus soricipesshrew mole of eastern Asia American shrew mole, Neurotrichus gibbsiigreyish-black shrew mole of the United States and Canada insectivore small insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial or fossorial mammals n the molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites 4Syn|Hyper gram molecule, mol metric weight unit, weight unit a decimal unit of weight based on the gram n a spy who works against enemy espionage 5Syn|Hyper counterspy spy, undercover agent (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors n spicy sauce often containing chocolate 6Hyper sauce flavorful relish or dressing or topping served as an accompaniment to food n a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away Syn|Hyper breakwater, bulwark, groin, groyne, jetty, seawall barrier a structure or object that impedes free movement |
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