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- a small burrowing insectivorous mammal with dark velvety fur, a long muzzle, and very small eyes鼹鼠。
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- Family Talpidae: several genera and species, including the European mole (Talpa europaea).鼹科:数属和种, 包括欧洲鼹鼠(拉丁名Talpa europaea)。
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- a spy who achieves over a long period an important position within the security defences of a country长期潜伏的间谍。
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- someone within an organization who anonymously betrays confidential information(机构内部的)隐名泄密者。
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late Middle English: from the Germanic base of Middle Dutch and Middle Low German mol.
- a small, often slightly raised blemish on the skin made dark by a high concentration of melanin痣, 瘤。
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Old English māl 'discoloured spot', of Germanic origin.
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- a large solid structure on a shore serving as a pier, breakwater, or causeway防波堤, 海堤。
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- a harbour formed or protected by such a structure海堤港。
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mid 16th cent.: from French môle, from Latin moles 'mass'.
- Medicine an abnormal mass of tissue in the uterus【医】胎块; 肿瘤。参见HYDATIDIFORM MOLE.
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late Middle English: from French môle, from Latin mola in the sense 'false conception'.