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Mouse Plural Small Maʊs Maɪs Move Screen Noun

The flashcard defines "mouse" primarily in two ways: as a small, furry animal (plural: mice) and as a computer input device (plural: mouses). It also references the idiom "game of cat and mouse."

The flashcard defines "mouse" as both a small furry animal with a long tail (plural "mice") and a computer device used for controlling the cursor (plural "mouses"). It also notes the idiom "game of cat and mouse."

word mouse
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Collins
mouse ★★☆☆☆
/ma͟ʊs/

The plural mouses can be used for meaning 2.

复数 mouses 可用于义项2。

1
[N-COUNT 可数名词]老鼠;耗子 A mouse is a small furry animal with a long tail.
  • ...a mouse running in a wheel in its cage.

    在笼中转轮上奔跑的老鼠

  • ...the problem of rats and mice.

    鼠患

2
[N-COUNT 可数名词]鼠标 A mouse is 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.
    3
    game of cat and mouse→see:
    cat

      Oxford mouse / maʊs ; NAmE maʊs /
      noun
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      verb
      mouse mouses moused mousing
      noun ( plural mice / maɪs ; NAmE maɪs / ) 1 a small animal that is covered in fur and has a long thin tail. Micelive in fields, in people's houses or where food is stored. 老鼠;耗子 a field mouse 田鼠 a house mouse 家鼠 The stores were overrun with rats and mice. 仓库里到处都是大大小小的老鼠。 She crept upstairs, quiet as a mouse. 她像耗子一样悄悄地爬上楼去。 He was a weak little mouse of a man. 他是个懦弱无能的人。 see also
      dormouse
      2 ( plural also mouses ) ( computing ) a small device that is moved by hand across a surface to control the movement of the cursoron a computer screen 鼠标;滑鼠 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。 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。 IDIOMsee
      cat
      verb PHRASAL VERB ˈmouse over sth ( computing ) to use the mouse to move over sth on a computer screen 使鼠标悬停于 Mouse over the link in the original message. 使鼠标悬停在原始信息的链接上。 mouse·over / ˈmaʊsəʊvə(r) ; NAmE ˈmaʊsoʊvə(r) / noun the use of mouseovers in web design 网页设计中鼠标悬停的使用 mouse / maʊs ; NAmE maʊs / mice / maɪs ; NAmE maɪs / mouse·over / ˈmaʊsəʊvə(r) ; NAmE ˈmaʊsoʊvə(r) /
      LDC
      mouse1 noun
      mouse2 verb
      mousemouse1 /maʊs/ ●●● S2 W3 noun [countable]
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      1mouse (1) (plural mice /maɪs/) a small furry animal with a pointed nose and a long tail that lives in people’s houses or in fields:  The cat laid a dead mouse at my feet. a field mouse2 (plural mouses) a small object that you move with your hand to give instructions to a computer:  Select the printer icon and then click the left mouse button.3 (plural mice) informal a quiet nervous person play cat and mouse
      at cat(4)
      , → quiet as a mouse
      at quiet1(1)
      mouse1 noun
      mouse2 verb
      mousemouse2 verb
      Collocations
      Phrases
      mouse over something phrasal verb 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.
      WDF

      mouse

      [maʊs]moused, mousing, mouses

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      mice[5830]
      鼠标(55%),老鼠(42%),捕鼠(2%),胆小如鼠的人(1%)
      n.鼠标;老鼠;胆小羞怯的人
      vt.探出
      vi.捕鼠;窥探

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