mouse

英 [maʊs]

美 [maʊs]

n.  老鼠; 耗子; 鼠标

复数：mice　现在分词：mousing　过去式：moused　第三人称单数：mouses　过去分词：moused　

中考高考CET4CET6考研TEM4计算机

Oxford 3000 / Collins.2 / BNC.2845 / COCA.3305

习惯用语

n.

play (a game of) cat and mouse with sbplay a cat-and-mouse game with sb
• 和某人玩起猫捉老鼠的游戏；耍弄
  to play a cruel game with sb in your power by changing your behaviour very often, so that they become nervous and do not know what to expect

牛津词典

noun

• 老鼠；耗子
  a small animal that is covered in fur and has a long thin tail. Mice live in fields, in people's houses or where food is stored.
  1. a field mouse
     田鼠
  2. a house mouse
     家鼠
  3. The stores were overrun with rats and mice.
     仓库里到处都是大大小小的老鼠。
  4. She crept upstairs, quiet as a mouse .
     她像耗子一样悄悄地爬上楼去。
  5. He was a weak little mouse of a man.
     他是个懦弱无能的人。
• 鼠标
  a small device that is moved by hand across a surface to control the movement of the cursor on a computer screen
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

柯林斯词典

The pluralmousescan be used for meaning 2.
复数 mouses 可用于义项2。

• N-COUNT 老鼠;耗子
  Amouseis a small furry animal with a long tail.
  1. ...a mouse running in a wheel in its cage.
     在笼中转轮上奔跑的老鼠
  2. ...the problem of rats and mice.
     鼠患
• 鼠标
  Amouseis a device that is connected to a computer. By moving it over a flat surface and pressing its buttons, you can move the cursor around the screen and do things without using the keyboard.
• game of cat and mouse→ see:cat

英英释义

noun

• any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
• a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad
  1. a mouse takes much more room than a trackball
  Synonym:computer mouse
• person who is quiet or timid
• a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye
  Synonym:shinerblack eye

verb

• manipulate the mouse of a computer
• to go stealthily or furtively
  1. ..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house
  Synonym:sneakcreeppussyfoot

双语例句

• 324. The mouse's tearing the blouse and trousers aroused the housewife's anger.
  324.老鼠撕咬短衫和裤子激起了主妇的怒火。
• The whole thing is somehow a bit Mickey Mouse.
  不知怎的，整件事情有点幼稚。
• Are you a man or a mouse?
  你是男子汉还是胆小鬼？
• I find the trousers and blouse are in the mouse's mouth.
  我发现裤子和衬衫在老鼠嘴里。
• He is as poor as a church mouse.
  他一贫如洗。
• This can be copied to the clipboard by double clicking the first mouse button.
  通过双击第一个鼠标按钮可以将其复制到剪贴板中。
• Move the mouse pointer to the menu bar.
  将鼠标光标移向菜单栏。
• Highlight the chosen area by clicking and holding down the left mouse button.
  点击并摁住鼠标左键将所选区域高亮显示。
• There are a number of improvements; for instance, both mouse buttons can now be used
  在许多地方有了改进，例如，鼠标的左右键都可以使用了。
• Soon the mouse became the cat's capture.
  很快老鼠就成了猫的战利品。