"mice" in Chinese (Traditional)
老鼠
Definition
老鼠是一種小型齧齒動物,嘴尖、尾巴長、耳朵圓。"Mice" 是 "mouse" 的複數形式,也可以指用來控制電腦遊標的滑鼠。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))
這是不規則複數:單數是 "mouse",複數是 "mice",表示動物時不用 "mouses"。在科技語境裡,表示電腦滑鼠時有時也會聽到 "mouses",但 "mice" 仍然很常見。常見搭配有 "field mice"、"pet mice" 和 "computer mice"。
Examples
The mice are under the table.
**老鼠**在桌子下面。
We saw two mice in the kitchen.
我們在廚房裡看到了兩隻**老鼠**。
These mice are for the new computers.
這些**滑鼠**是給新電腦用的。
The old house had mice in the walls, which totally freaked me out.
那棟老房子的牆裡有**老鼠**,真的把我嚇壞了。
Office life means dealing with tangled cables and missing mice.
辦公室生活就是要應付纏在一起的線和不見了的**滑鼠**。
If you leave food out, you'll end up with mice sooner or later.
如果你把食物放在外面,遲早會招來**老鼠**。