| 单词 | mouse |
| 释义 | mouse (once / 297 pages) 1nv 2nv 3n A small rodent with a pointy face, rounded ears, and a long tail is called a mouse. A mouse may be kept as a pet, or it may be an uninvited guest in your home. A person who is timid and shy can also be called a mouse. In computer terms, a mouse is a corded or wireless device that moves your computer's cursor while you move the mouse. In most cases, the plural of mouse is "mice," but more than one computer mouse can also be called "mouses." Mouse can also be a verb in this context, like when you mouse over an icon to select a link. WORD FAMILYmouse: mice, mouse-colored, moused, mouselike, mouses, mousey, mousing, mousy+/mousy: mousiest, mousily USAGE EXAMPLESThe fish are much cheaper than the mice traditionally used in such experiments. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Basically you sew together an obese mouse that is missing leptin with a slim mouse, surgically attaching their circulatory systems. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) A new study with mice fills in one piece of that puzzle. New York Times(Jun 15, 2016) 1 1n any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails Hypo|Hyper Mus musculus, house mouse brownish-grey Old World mouse now a common household pest worldwide Micromyx minutus, harvest mousesmall reddish-brown Eurasian mouse inhabiting e.g. cornfields field mouse, fieldmouseany nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens nude mousea mouse with a genetic defect that prevents them from growing hair and also prevents them from immunologically rejecting human cells and tissues; widely used in preclinical trials wood mouseany of various New World woodland mice Apodemus sylvaticus, European wood mousenocturnal yellowish-brown mouse inhabiting woods and fields and gardens Peromyscus leucopus, vesper mouse, white-footed mouseAmerican woodland mouse with white feet and underparts Peromyscus maniculatus, deer mousebrownish New World mouse; most widely distributed member of the genus Peromyscus eremicus, cactus mouseburrowing mouse of desert areas of southwestern United States Peromyscus gossypinus, cotton mouselarge dark mouse of southeastern United States Baiomys taylori, pygmy mousevery small dark greyish brown mouse resembling a house mouse; of Texas and Mexico gnawer, rodent relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing 2n person who is quiet or timid Hyper individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul a human being 3v to go stealthily or furtively 2Syn|Hyper creep, pussyfoot, sneak walk use one's feet to advance; advance by steps 1n a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad; on the bottom of the device is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad a mouse takes much more room than a trackball Syn|Hyper computer mouse electronic device a device that accomplishes its purpose electronically 2v manipulate the mouse of a computer 3Hyper manipulate hold something in one's hands and move it n a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye Syn|Hyper black eye, shiner bruise, contusion an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration |
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