(pl. mice/maɪs/)
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- a small rodent that typically has a pointed snout, relatively large ears and eyes, and a long tail鼠。
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- Family Muridae: many genera and numerous species. Also, some species in the families Heteromyidae, Zapodidae, and Muscardinidae.鼠科：多属, 众多种。在更格卢鼠科、林跳鼠科及睡鼠科中亦有数种。
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- (in general use) any similar small mammal, such as a shrew or vole（一般用语）小哺乳动物（如鼩鼱、田鼠）。
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- a shy, timid, and quiet person胆怯的人; 不声不响的人。
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- mass noun a dull light brown colour reminiscent of a mouse's fur浅棕灰色; 鼠皮色：
her flaxen hair dulled to mouse.
她那淡黄色的头发已经暗淡成鼠皮色。
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- （复亦作mouses）Computing a small hand-held device which is dragged across a flat surface to move the cursor on a computer screen, typically having buttons which are pressed to control computer functions【计算机】鼠标。
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- informal a lump or bruise, especially one on or near the eye〈非正式〉（尤指眼部或其附近的）青肿; 乌青块。
/亦读maʊz/
no obj.
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- (of a cat or an owl) hunt for or catch mice（猫, 猫头鹰）捕鼠。
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- with adverbial prowl about as if searching四处走动（如同搜寻一般）：
he was mousing among the books of the old library.
他在老图书馆的书堆中翻寻。
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- with adverbial of direction Computing, informal use a mouse to move a cursor on a computer screen【计算机】〈非正式〉 用鼠标在计算机屏幕上移动光标：
mouse your way over to the window and click on it.
用鼠标将光标移至窗口, 然后点击它。
USAGE
Is the plural of mouse in the computing sense mice or mouses? People often feel that this sense needs its own distinctive plural, but in fact the ordinary plural mice is commoner, and the first recorded use of the term in the plural (1984) is mice.
派生词
mouse-like
adjective词源
Old English mūs, (plural) mỹs， of Germanic origin; related to Dutch muis and German Maus, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin and Greek mus.