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单词 titmouse
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
tit•mouse /ˈtɪtˌmaʊs/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -mice 
    /-ˌmaɪs/USA pronunciation .
  1. Birdsa small songbird with a stout bill.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
tit•mouse  (tit′mous′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -mice 
    (-mīs′).USA pronunciation 
  1. Birdsany of numerous, widely distributed, small songbirds of the family Paridae, esp. of the genus Parus, having soft, thick plumage and a short, stout, conical bill. Cf. tufted titmouse. 
  • 1275–1325; Middle English tit(e)mose (see tit1); mose, Old English māse titmouse; cognate with German Meise titmouse, Old Norse meis- in meisingr kind of bird; modern mouse by folk etymology, etymological

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
titmouse /ˈtɪtˌmaʊs/ n ( pl -mice)
  1. (usually plural) any small active songbird of the family Paridae, esp those of the genus Parus
    See tit1
Etymology: 14th Century titemous, from tite (see tit1) + mouse
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