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a small animal that is covered in fur and has a long thin tail. Mice live in fields, in people’s houses or where food is stored. 老鼠；耗子 
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。 - (figurative)
He was a weak little mouse of a man. 他是个懦弱无能的人。
Extra Examplessee also dormouse, field mouseTopics Animalsa1A mouse has gnawed its way through the telephone wire. 老鼠顺着电话线啃出了一条信道。 The mouse genome is a great resource for medical research. 小鼠基因组是医学研究的巨大资源。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deer
- field
- house
- …
- chase
- catch
- kill
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- squeak
- run
- scurry
- …
- droppings
- hole
- trap
- …
- as quiet as a mouse
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computing 计算机 a small device that is moved by hand across a surface to control the movement of the cursor on a computer screen 鼠标 
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。 I prefer a wireless mouse. 我更喜欢无线鼠标。 The keyboard and mouse are wireless devices. 键盘和鼠标是无线设备。 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。 With simple mouse clicks, the viewer can navigate the room. 通过简单的鼠标点击，观众可以浏览房间。
Extra ExamplesTopics Computersa1Move the cursor around the screen with the mouse. 用鼠标移动屏幕上的光标。 Some of these mouse click short cuts are worth learning. 这其中的一些鼠标点击快捷法值得学习。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- optical
- wireless
- click
- double-click
- use
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- button
- click
- cursor
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- with the mouse
Word OriginOld English mūs, (plural) mȳs, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch muis and German Maus, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin and Greek mus.
Idioms
play (a game of) cat and mouse with somebody | play a cat-and-mouse game with somebody
to play a cruel game with somebody in your power by changing your behaviour very often, so that they become nervous and do not know what to expect 和某人玩起猫捉老鼠的游戏；耍弄 He thought the police were playing some elaborate game of cat and mouse and waiting to trap him. 他以为警察在玩精心设计的猫捉老鼠的游戏，等着诱捕他。 Young car thieves enjoy playing cat and mouse with the police. 年轻的盗车贼喜欢与警察玩猫捉老鼠的把戏。
when the cat’s away, the mice will play
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people enjoy themselves more and behave with greater freedom when the person in charge of them is not there 猫儿不在，老鼠玩得自在（指管事的不在，下面的玩个痛快）