mole

• n. 鼹鼠；痣；防波堤；胎块；间谍

缩写自molewarp,欧洲鼹鼠。后用于鼹鼠通用名。引申俚语义内奸。

来自拉丁语moles,大块，防洪堤，大工程，大建筑物，来自PIE*mo,努力，劳苦，词源同demolish,molecule,molest.

来自古英语mal,斑点，痣，来自Proto-Germanic*mailan,斑点，记号，来自PIE*mai,涂沫，弄脏，玷污，词源同miasma.

分子单位，缩写自molecule.

来自西班牙语，来自南美土著语molli,沙司，调料，炖料，词源同guacamole.

1. the molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

2. a spy who works against enemy espionage

3. spicy sauce often containing chocolate

4. a small congenital pigmented spot on the skin

5. a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away

6. small velvety-furred burrowing mammal having small eyes and fossorial forefeet

mole

mole: English has four distinct words mole. The oldest is ‘brown spot’ [OE]. It is the descendant of Old English māl, which meant broadly ‘discoloured mark’. This developed in Middle English to ‘spot on the skin’, but the specific sense ‘brown mark’ did not emerge until fairly recently. The word goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *mailam, a derivative of a base meaning ‘spot, mark’ which also produced German malen ‘paint’ and Dutch maalen ‘paint’ (source of English maulstick ‘stick used as a rest by painters’ [17]). Mole the animal [14] was borrowed from Middle Dutch mol.

No one knows for sure where this came from, but its similarity to the now obsolete mouldwarp ‘mole’ [14] (a compound noun whose etymological meaning is ‘earththrower’) suggests that it could represent a truncated version of mouldwarp’s prehistoric Germanic ancestor. The metaphorical application of the word to a ‘traitor working secretly’ has been traced back as far as the 17th century, but its modern currency is due to its use by the British espionage writer John le Carré. Mole ‘harbour wall’ [16] comes via French môle and medieval Greek mólos from Latin mōlēs ‘mass, massive structure’.

The diminutive form of this, coined in modern times, is mōlēcula, from which, via French molécule, English gets molecule [18]. Other relatives are demolish and, possibly, molest [14], which comes ultimately from Latin molestus ‘troublesome’, connected by some scholars with mōlēs. And German mol, a convenient shortening of molekulargewicht ‘molecular weight’, has given English its fourth mole [20], used as the basic unit of measurement for the amount of a substance.
=> maulstick; molecule, molest

mole (n.1)

spot on skin, Old English mal "spot, mark, blemish," especially on cloth or linen, from Proto-Germanic *mailan "spot, mark" (cognates: Old High German meil, German Mal, Gothic mail "wrinkle"), from PIE root *mai- "to stain, defile" (cognates: Greek miainein "to stain, defile," see miasma). Specifically of dark marks on human skin from late 14c.

mole (n.2)

type of small burrowing mammal (Talpa europea), mid-14c., probably from obsolete moldwarp, literally "earth-thrower." Spy sense first recorded 1974 in John le Carré (but suggested from early 20c.), from notion of "burrowing." Metaphoric use for "one who works in darkness" is from c. 1600.

mole (n.3)

"breakwater," 1540s, from Middle French môle "breakwater" (16c.), ultimately from Latin moles "mass, massive structure, barrier," from PIE root *mo- "to exert oneself" (cognates: Greek molos "effort," molis "hardly, scarcely;" German mühen "to tire," müde "weary, tired;" Russian majat' "to fatigue, exhaust," maja "hard work").

mole (n.4)

unit of molecular quantity, 1902, from German Mol coined 1900 by German chemist Wilhelm Ostwald (1853-1912), short for Molekül (see molecule).

He had been recruited by the Russians as a mole and trained in Moscow.

他被俄国人征募为间谍，并在莫斯科接受了训练。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

How can you go black mole ah?

怎样能去黑痣啊?

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Its main characters were a rat, a mole, and a toad.

其主要特征是一只老鼠, 一痣, 和蟾蜍.

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The Mole came and crouched beside him.

鼹鼠过来紧偎在他身边.

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The most often used units of specific activity ( abbreviated Sp. Act . ) are curies / mole.

最常用的比活性 ( 符号是Sp. Act ) 单位是居里/克分子.

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Presently the Mole came tumbling into the room, evidently very pleased with himself.

忽然,鼹鼠蹦蹦跳跳地进来了, 显得很开心.

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The Mole with everything that the Badger said.

鼹鼠很同意獾说的一切.

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Conclusion There is not much correlation between pathological classification and molecular genetics of hydatidiform mole.

结论本研究结果不支持葡萄胎的遗传学类型与大体病理类型间有平行关系的论点.

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Red mole grows on the body, still can itch, be what disease the delegate has augural?

身上长红痣了, 还会痒, 是代表有什么病症前兆 吗 ?

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The mole bored its way underground.

鼹鼠在地下挖掘路.

《简明英汉词典》

One obstacle is that little is known about the naked mole rat's genes.

困难之一就是对裸鼹鼠的基因知之甚少.

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For the mole rats, these bulbs are fast food.

对鼹形鼠而言, 这些鳞茎就是快餐.

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The poor mole gazes at it, which is once all of his dream. It'still grows.

可怜的小鼹鼠呆呆地望着它, 这曾经是自己全部理想的土豆, 它还在成长.

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That mole is a blemish on his face.

那个黑痣是他脸上的缺点.

《用法词典》

A mole can undermine the strongest rampart.

一只田鼠能毁坏最坚固的堡垒.

《简明英汉词典》

A mole mines its way.

鼹鼠挖坑道.

《简明英汉词典》

A mole or blemish present on the skin from birth; a nevus.

胎记出生时皮肤上就有的痣或斑点; 痣.

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Ratty,'said the Mole,'Could I ask you something?

“阿鼠, ”鼹鼠说, “ 我可以问你一些事情 吗 ?”

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However, an appropriate substitution of Cu by Ni ( 5 % , mole fraction ) in Mg 65 Cu 25 Tb 10 significantly improves the mechanical properties.

压缩实验结果表明:当Ni含量增加到5%时可以明显提高Mg-Cu-Tb-Ni非晶合金的断裂强度.

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Seeing myself in the mirror, I find I'm becoming a mole.

看著镜中的自己, 发现,越来越像鼹鼠.

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Can be the mole of trigonometry area done?

三角区的痣能弄掉 吗 ?

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A mole is a blemish on a person's skin.

黑痣在人的皮肤上是一个疵点.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

She had a tiny mole on her cheek.

她的面颊上有一颗小黑痣.

《简明英汉词典》

He had been recruited by the Russians as a mole and trained in Moscow.

他被俄国人征募为间谍，并在莫斯科接受了训练。

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