mouse

Word family nounmousekinmousermouserymousinessmousingmousebirdmousematmousetailmousemousetrapadjectivemouseyadverbmousilyverbmousle

Related topics: Animals, Computers

mouse1 /maʊs/ S2 W3 noun [countableC]

(plural mice /maɪs/)HBA a small furry animal with a pointed nose and a long tail that lives in people’s houses or in fields 老鼠，耗子

The cat laid a dead mouse at my feet.

猫把一只死老鼠放在我的脚边。

a field mouse

田鼠

2 (plural mouses)TD a small object that you move with your hand to give instructions to a computer 鼠标

Select the printer icon and then click the left mouse button.

选择打印机图标，然后点击鼠标左键。

→4 See picture on 见图 Page A8 In the office 办公室里 →5 see picture at 见图 office, technology

3. (plural mice) informalNERVOUS a quiet nervous person 沉默胆小的人

→ play cat and mouse at cat(4), → quiet as a mouse at quiet1(1)

Examples from the Corpus

mouse• A mouse click on a menu item would do it.• a field mouse• Bill Atkinson quickly hacked a driver program that allowed the mouse to move a cursor on the computer screen.• It was the mouse that roared, even if the mouse happens to weigh 286 pounds.• The mouse controls a fly swatter.• Heatley stayed until 3.30 a.m., when all of the untreated mice had died.

mouse2n verb

n1 mouse over something phrasal verbphr v to use a computer mouse to move the cursor over a particular thing on the screen

When you mouse over the menu, the different options appear.

From Longman Business Dictionary

mousemouse /maʊs/ noun (plural mouses or mice /maɪs/) [countableC]COMPUTING

a small object connected to a computer by a wire, which you move around on a flat surface using your hand. You press the buttons to make the computer do certain tasks

You click on the icons with the mouse to go from one program to another.

Origin mouse

Old English mus

词汇	mouse
释义	mouse Word family nounmousekinmousermouserymousinessmousingmousebirdmousematmousetailmousemousetrapadjectivemouseyadverbmousilyverbmousle Related topics: Animals, Computers mouse1 /maʊs/ ●●● S2 W3 noun [countableC] 1 (plural mice /maɪs/)HBA a small furry animal with a pointed nose and a long tail that lives in people’s houses or in fields 老鼠，耗子 The cat laid a dead mouse at my feet. 猫把一只死老鼠放在我的脚边。 a field mouse 田鼠 2 (plural mouses)TD a small object that you move with your hand to give instructions to a computer 鼠标 Select the printer icon and then click the left mouse button. 选择打印机图标，然后点击鼠标左键。 →4 See picture on 见图 Page A8 In the office 办公室里 →5 see picture at 见图 office, technology 3. (plural mice) informalNERVOUS a quiet nervous person 沉默胆小的人 → play cat and mouse at cat(4), → quiet as a mouse at quiet1(1) Examples from the Corpus mouse• A mouse click on a menu item would do it.• a field mouse• Bill Atkinson quickly hacked a driver program that allowed the mouse to move a cursor on the computer screen.• It was the mouse that roared, even if the mouse happens to weigh 286 pounds.• The mouse controls a fly swatter.• Heatley stayed until 3.30 a.m., when all of the untreated mice had died. mouse2n verb n1 mouse over something phrasal verbphr v to use a computer mouse to move the cursor over a particular thing on the screen When you mouse over the menu, the different options appear. From Longman Business Dictionary mousemouse /maʊs/ noun (plural mouses or mice /maɪs/) [countableC]COMPUTING a small object connected to a computer by a wire, which you move around on a flat surface using your hand. You press the buttons to make the computer do certain tasks You click on the icons with the mouse to go from one program to another. Origin mouse Old English mus
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