单词详解

1. n.

A. 老鼠 (small rodents typically having pointed snouts and small ears with slender hairless tails)

The mouse comes out for food in the night. 老鼠晚上出来找食物。

B. 鼠标 (a hand-operated electronic device that is used to control computer)

I use a mouse to choose documents from my files. 我用鼠标从文件中选择资料。

C. 胆小的人 (someone who is shy ot timid)

He is a strange little mouse，never said anything. 他竟然胆小如鼠，一句话都没说。

2. vi. .

A. 捕鼠 (catch a mouse)

Cats and owls go mousing at night.  猫和猫头鹰夜里出去捕鼠。

B. 偷偷地搜寻；慢慢地走动 (to go stealthily)

The burglar moused about for valuables. 窃贼鬼鬼祟祟地四处搜寻值钱的东西。

相关词组

1. quiet as a mouse不出声，无声响

What happened to you? Why do you sit there as quiet as a mouse? 

你怎么了？坐在那里不出声。

2. as poor as a church mouse  一贫如洗

David is as poor as a church mouse. 大卫穷的是一贫如洗。

相关单词

复数：mice

过去式：moused

过去分词：moused

现在分词：mousing

相关链接

词语辨析：rat，mouse

rat，mouse

这两个词都有“老鼠”的意思，区别在于：

rat: 指大老鼠，尾巴稍比mouse的短，但个头比mouse大，又叫“大鼠”。

mouse: 指小老鼠，尾巴又长又细，个头小小的，又叫“耗子”。

词语详解

1. rat: 指大老鼠，尾巴稍比mouse的短，但个头比mouse大，又叫“大鼠”。

Rats carry very nasty diseases. 老鼠传播讨厌的疾病。

2. mouse: 指小老鼠，尾巴又长又细，个头小小的，又叫“耗子”。

A mouse is a small animal. 老鼠是一种小动物。