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BNC: 2845 COCA: 3305

mouse

mouse /ˈmaʊs/ noun
plural mice /ˈmaɪs/
mouse
/ˈmaʊs/
noun
plural mice /ˈmaɪs/
Learner's definition of MOUSE
[count]
: a very small animal that has a pointed nose and a long, thin tail老鼠;耗子
sometimes used figuratively to refer to a weak, frightened, or quiet person有时用作比喻,指懦弱、受到惊吓或性情安静的人
see picture at rodent
plural also mouses : a small device that is connected to a computer and that you move with your hand to control the movement of a pointer on the computer screen鼠标
see picture at computer
see also cat and mouse
BNC: 2845 COCA: 3305

mouse

1 of 2

noun

plural mice ˈmīs How to pronounce mouse (audio)
1
: any of numerous small rodents (as of the genus Mus) with pointed snout, rather small ears, elongated body, and slender tail
2
plural also mouses : a small mobile manual device that controls movement of the cursor and selection of functions on a computer display
3
: a timid person
4
: a dark-colored swelling caused by a blow
specifically : black eye

mouse

2 of 2

verb

moused; mousing

intransitive verb

1
: to hunt for mice
2
: to search or move stealthily or slowly

transitive verb

1
: to search for carefully
usually used with out
2
obsolete
a
: bite, gnaw
b
: to toy with roughly
Phrases
mouse over
computing
: to use a mouse to position a cursor over (a specific location or element on a computer screen) without clicking the mouse's button
Rich media is pretty much anything that moves when you interact with it. It can be a Flash animation, or a streaming video clip, or an image rotator that changes when you mouse over it. Ariel Bleicher

Example Sentences

Noun The house was infested with mice and rats. He moved the mouse to click on the icon. Verb a cat mousing along in the shadows of the garden
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Cristie is far from the only person to bring the mouse into their house. Amelia Tait, refinery29.com, 29 Aug. 2022 Wienand uses these data to figure out how the mouse’s gait changes as its ALS progresses. Liz Tormes, Scientific American, 26 Aug. 2022 Disney reported better than expected earnings this week, proving the mouse continues to have pricing power. Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022 That would’ve been around these parts back when the wild mouse was out there. Staff Reports, cleveland, 12 Aug. 2022 The right mouse can prevent muscle strain and wrist problems, so check out the picks in our Best Keyboards and Best Gaming Mouse guides. Medea Giordano, Wired, 5 Aug. 2022 Fulham and Bournemouth, like Watford and Norwich and West Brom before them, are trapped in the same no man’s land as Mitrovic, caught between the mouse’s head and the lion’s tail. New York Times, 5 Aug. 2022 The Baby Driver star, 49, grabbed an action shot with the mouse himself over Fourth of July weekend. Mackenzie Schmidt, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2022 And how dare an American politician visit the mouse. Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 22 July 2022
Verb
So users can mouse across devices and drag and drop files between them. Mark Knapp, PCMAG, 15 Mar. 2022 Volume and mute are easy to access without having to mouse over to your video application. Zane Pickett, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021 The viewer can mouse over each element and read a brief description, and then perhaps click a link to access more details. Expert Panel®, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2021 At the end of a long day of video calls and Slack messages, workers unable or unwilling to meet up at the bar can mouse over to another tab for some virtual socialization on apps such as Discord and Clubhouse. Brian Contreras, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2021 Zoom in on the map to find individual restaurants and mouse over locations to access the latest state inspection reports. Orlando Sentinel Staff, orlandosentinel.com, 26 Mar. 2021 In what will be the office of incoming press secretary Jen Psaki, a computer keyboard and mouse on her desk were encased in plastic. The Associated Press, NOLA.com, 20 Jan. 2021 Nonadjustable armrest height and width means this chair won't support keyboard and mouse hands properly for many, if not most, people. Jim Salter, Ars Technica, 1 Dec. 2020 To figure out how cells do this, researchers tested two known for going the distance—a soil-dwelling amoeba (Dictyostelium discoideum) and mouse pancreatic cancer cells. Lucy Hicks, Science | AAAS, 27 Aug. 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English, from Old English mūs; akin to Old High German mūs mouse, Latin mus, Greek mys mouse, muscle

First Known Use

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of mouse was before the 12th century
BNC: 2845 COCA: 3305
mouse

noun¹

1animal動物ADJECTIVE | VERB + MOUSE | MOUSE + VERB | MOUSE + NOUN | PHRASES ADJECTIVEdeer, field, house, etc.鹿鼠、田鼠、家鼠等laboratory實驗用鼠white白鼠VERB + MOUSEchase追逐老鼠catch抓老鼠kill殺滅老鼠breed繁殖老鼠MOUSE + VERBsqueak老鼠吱吱叫run, scurry老鼠跑;老鼠竄gnaw sth老鼠啃咬⋯A mouse had gnawed its way through the cable.有老鼠咬穿了電纜。MOUSE + NOUNdroppings老鼠屎hole老鼠洞trap (usually mousetrap) 捕鼠器;捕鼠夾PHRASESas quiet as a mouse悄無聲息She crept upstairs, as quiet as a mouse.她躡手躡腳悄無聲息地上了樓。
mouse

noun²

2for a computer計算機ADJECTIVE | VERB + MOUSE | MOUSE + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEoptical, wireless光電/無線鼠標VERB + MOUSEclick, double-click單擊/雙擊鼠標use使用鼠標drag, move拖動/移動鼠標MOUSE + NOUNbutton鼠標按鍵click鼠標的單擊Some of these mouse-click short cuts are worth learning.這其中的一些單擊鼠標快捷方式值得學習。cursor, pointer鼠標光標/指針mat, pad (especially NAmE) 鼠標墊port鼠標端口PREPOSITIONwith the mouse用鼠標You can move the cursor around the screen with the mouse.你可以用鼠標在屏幕上移動光標。 topic at computer

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