mouse
英 [maʊs]
美[maʊs]
- n. 鼠标；老鼠；胆小羞怯的人
- vt. 探出
- vi. 捕鼠；窥探
词态变化
复数: mice;
助记提示
老鼠 mouse 猫死（老鼠希望猫死）
中文词源
mouse 老鼠，鼠标
来自PIE*mus,老鼠，词源同muscle,mussel.引申词义鼠标。
英英释意
- 1. any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
- 2. 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 mouse is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad;
- "a mouse takes much more room than a trackball"
英文词源
- mouse
- mouse: [OE] Mouse is an ancient word, with relatives today in all the Germanic and Slavic languages. Its Indo-European ancestor was *mūs-, which produced Greek mūs, Latin mūs (something of a dead end: the modern Romance languages have abandoned it), Sanskrit mūs (source, via a very circuitous route, of English musk), and prehistoric Germanic *mūs-.
This has evolved into German maus, Dutch muis, Swedish and Danish mus, and English mouse. And the Slavic branch of the ‘mouse’-family includes Russian mysh’, Polish mysz, and Serbo- Croat mish. English relatives of mouse include muscle and mussel (ultimately the same word) and marmot [17], which goes back to a Vulgar Latin accusative form *mūrem montis ‘mouse of the mountain’.
=> marmot, muscle, musk, mussel - mouse (n.)
- Old English mus "small rodent," also "muscle of the arm," from Proto-Germanic *mus (cognates: Old Norse, Old Frisian, Middle Dutch, Danish, Swedish mus, Dutch muis, German Maus "mouse"), from PIE *mus- (cognates: Sanskrit mus "mouse, rat," Old Persian mush "mouse," Old Church Slavonic mysu, Latin mus, Lithuanian muse "mouse," Greek mys "mouse, muscle").
Plural form mice (Old English mys) shows effects of i-mutation. Contrasted with man (n.) from 1620s. Meaning "black eye" (or other discolored lump) is from 1842. Computer sense is from 1965, though applied to other things resembling a mouse in shape since 1750, mainly nautical.Parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus [Horace]
- mouse (v.)
- "to hunt mice," mid-13c., from mouse (n.). Related: Moused; mousing.
同义词辨析
mouse, rat
这两个名词均可表示"老鼠，耗子"之意。
mouse： 一般指体形较小的家鼠。
rat： 一般指生活在室外体形较大的一种老鼠。
考试真题
- Technology has cut out much of life's donkey work, and we have more freedoms than ever: we can wear what we like and communicate with hundreds of friends at once at the click of a mouse.
出自-2013年12月阅读原文
- While advocating freedom for animals, they kept their pet mouse in a cage.
出自-2011年12月听力原文
- While launching animal protection campaigns, they were trapping kitchen mice.
出自-2011年12月听力原文
- While holding a burial ceremony for a pet mouse, they were killing pest mice
出自-2011年12月听力原文
- The robots rats were quite minimalist, resembling a chunkier version of a computer mouse with wheels-to move around and colorful markings.
2020年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
实用场景例句
- a field mouse
- 田鼠
牛津词典
- a house mouse
- 家鼠
牛津词典
- The stores were overrun with rats and mice.
- 仓库里到处都是大大小小的老鼠。
牛津词典
- She crept upstairs, quiet as a mouse .
- 她像耗子一样悄悄地爬上楼去。
牛津词典
- He was a weak little mouse of a man.
- 他是个懦弱无能的人。
牛津词典
- Click the left mouse button twice to highlight the program.
- 双击鼠标左键来加亮突出这个程序。
牛津词典
- Use the mouse to drag the icon to a new position.
- 用鼠标将图标拖到一个新的位置。
牛津词典
- ...a mouse running in a wheel in its cage.
- 在笼中转轮上奔跑的老鼠
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...the problem of rats and mice.
- 鼠患
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- His contribution was not inconsiderable.
- 他的捐款不算少.
辞典例句
- The noun " mouse " is the singular form of " mice " .
- 名词mouse是 mice 的单数形式.
《简明英汉词典》
- A lion at home, a mouse abroad.
- 在家是狮子, 出门成老鼠.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Tina is as quiet as a mouse — you hardly know she's there.
- 蒂娜很文静——你几乎不知道她在那儿.
《简明英汉词典》
- The teacher wasn't very pleased when he found a dead mouse on his desk.
- 老师发现桌子上有只死老鼠时确实不高兴.
《简明英汉词典》
- The bird is hovering over a mouse.
- 这只鸟在一只老鼠上方盘旋.
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- The mouse made away at the slightest sound.
- 有一点响声老鼠就跑了.
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- A mouse ran out from the dark orifice of the cave.
- 一只老鼠从黑暗的洞口跑出.
《简明英汉词典》
- He is as poor as a church mouse.
- 他一贫如洗.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Though thy enemy seem a mouse, yet watch him like a lion.
- 敌人即使像老鼠, 也要当作狮子防.
《简明英汉词典》
- Do not let your mountain in labour bring forth a mouse.
- 你不要弄得事倍功半.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Move the mouse pointer to the menu bar.
- 将鼠标光标移向菜单栏.
《简明英汉词典》
- The cat flew at the mouse.
- 猫向老鼠扑去.
《简明英汉词典》
- Does your cat mouse well?
- 你家的猫很会抓老鼠 吗 ?
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The cat nosed at the toy mouse.
- 猫嗅着玩具老鼠.
《简明英汉词典》
- He is a strange little mouse, never said anything.
- 他竟然胆小如鼠, 一句话都没说.
《简明英汉词典》
- He remained a mouse in public affairs.
- 在公众事务上他依然胆小如鼠.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- A mouse dug a tunnel under the lawn.
- 老鼠在草地下打了洞.
《简明英汉词典》