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单词 mole drain
释义

mole1 /mōl/

noun
  1. A small insectivorous animal (genus Talpa) with very small eyes and soft fur, that burrows in the ground and casts up little heaps of loose earth
  2. Extended to related or similar animals
  3. A person who works in darkness or underground
  4. A spy who successfully infiltrates a rival organization, esp one not engaging in espionage until firmly established and trusted
  5. A person with bad eyesight (figurative)
  6. A boring machine which makes a tunnel, eg for a pipeline
ORIGIN: ME molle, mulle; cf Du mol, LGer mol, mul; poss shortened from mouldwarp

moleˈcast noun

A molehill

moleˈcatcher noun

A person whose business it is to catch moles

mole cricket noun

A burrowing insect (genus Gryllotalpa) of the cricket family, with forelegs like a mole's

mole drainer noun (agriculture)

A pointed cylinder on the lower edge of a blade, which is drawn longitudinally through soil to form a drainage channel (mole drain)

moleˈ-eyed adjective

  1. Having eyes like those of a mole
  2. Seeing imperfectly

moleˈhill noun

A little hill or heap of earth cast up by a mole

mole hunt noun

mole hunter noun

mole plough noun

A mole drainer

mole rat noun

A name for several burrowing rodents (Spalax, Cryptomys, Bathyergus, etc)

mole salamander noun

The axolotl

moleˈskin noun

  1. The skin or fur of a mole
  2. A superior kind of fustian, double-twilled, cropped before dyeing
  3. (in pl) clothes, esp trousers, made of this fustian

mole spade noun

A small spade used by molecatchers

make a mountain out of a molehill

To magnify, overdramatize, etc a trifling matter

mole out

To seek, or elicit, bit by bit, as if by burrowing

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