MICE 音标拼音: [m'ɑɪs]
n .
pl . 老鼠
老鼠
mice \
mice \ (
m [
imac ]
s ),
n .,
pl .
of {
Mouse }.
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Mouse \
Mouse \ (
mous ),
n .;
pl . {
Mice } (
m [
imac ]
s ). [
OE .
mous ,
mus ,
AS .
m [=
u ]
s ,
pl .
m [=
y ]
s ;
akin to D .
muis ,
G .
maus ,
OHG . &
Icel .
m [=
u ]
s ,
Dan .
muus ,
Sw .
mus ,
Russ .
muishe ,
L .
mus ,
Gr .
my ^
s ,
Skr .
m [=
u ]
sh mouse ,
mush to steal . [
root ]
277 .
Cf .
{
Muscle }, {
Musk }.]
1 . (
Zool .)
Any one of numerous species of small rodents belonging to the genus {
Mus }
and various related genera of the family {
Muridae }.
The common house mouse ({
Mus musculus })
is found in nearly all countries .
The American {
white -
footed mouse },
or {
deer mouse } ({
Peromyscus leucopus },
formerly {
Hesperomys leucopus })
sometimes lives in houses .
See {
Dormouse }, {
Meadow mouse },
under {
Meadow },
and {
Harvest mouse },
under {
Harvest }.
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2 . (
Naut .)
(
a )
A knob made on a rope with spun yarn or parceling to prevent a running eye from slipping .
(
b )
Same as 2d {
Mousing },
2 .
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3 .
A familiar term of endearment . --
Shak .
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4 .
A dark -
colored swelling caused by a blow . [
Slang ]
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5 .
A match used in firing guns or blasting .
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{
Field mouse }, {
Flying mouse },
etc .
See under {
Field },
{
Flying },
etc .
{
Mouse bird } (
Zool .),
a coly .
{
Mouse deer } (
Zool .),
a chevrotain ,
as the kanchil .
{
Mouse galago } (
Zool .),
a very small West American galago ({
Galago murinus }).
In color and size it resembles a mouse .
It has a bushy tail like that of a squirrel .
{
Mouse hawk }. (
Zool .)
(
a )
A hawk that devours mice .
(
b )
The hawk owl ; --
called also {
mouse owl }.
{
Mouse lemur } (
Zool .),
any one of several species of very small lemurs of the genus {
Chirogaleus },
found in Madagascar .
{
Mouse piece } (
Cookery ),
the piece of beef cut from the part next below the round or from the lower part of the latter ;
--
called also {
mouse buttock }.
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1913 Webster ]
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