mouse
mouse
/maʊs/
(plural mice /maɪs/ /maɪs/)
1 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.
a house mouse
The stores were overrun with rats and mice.
She crept upstairs, quiet as a mouse.
(figurative) He was a shy little mouse.
A mouse has gnawed its way through the telephone wire.
The mouse genome is a great resource for medical research.
Collocations
adjective
verb + mouse
mouse + verb
squeakrunscurry…
mouse + noun
phrases
as quiet as a mouse
2 (plural mice or mouses) (computing) a small device that is moved by hand across a surface to control the movement of the cursor on a computer screen
Use the mouse to drag the icon to a new position.
I prefer a wireless mouse.
The keyboard and mouse are wireless devices.
Click the left mouse button twice to highlight the program.
With simple mouse clicks, the viewer can navigate the room.
Move the cursor around the screen with the mouse.
Some of these mouse click short cuts are worth learning.
Collocations
adjective
verb + mouse
mouse + noun
preposition
with the mouse
Idioms
Word Origin
Old 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.