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."
[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.
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[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.
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game of cat and mouse→see:
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Oxford
mouse★/maʊs; NAmEmaʊs/
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mousemousesmousedmousingnoun★(pluralmice/maɪs; NAmEmaɪs/)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★(pluralalsomouses)( computing 计) 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
verbPHRASAL VERBˈmouse over sth( computing 计) 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); NAmEˈmaʊsoʊvə(r)/noun◆the use of mouseovers in web design网页设计中鼠标悬停的使用mouse/maʊs; NAmEmaʊs/mice/maɪs; NAmEmaɪs/mouse·over/ˈmaʊsəʊvə(r); NAmEˈmaʊsoʊvə(r)/
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mouse1 noun
mouse2 verb
mousemouse1 /maʊs/ ●●●S2W3 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
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mouse1 noun
mouse2 verb
mousemouse2 verb
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mouse over phrasal verbto 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.
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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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