mouse

ratón

Animal pequeño de pelo suave, hocico puntiagudo y cola larga y fina.

En inglés sencillo: A small animal with fur, a pointed nose, and a long thin tail.

• A mouse ran under the table.
• The cat caught two mice last night.
• Is that a mouse behind the cupboard?

Expresiones frecuentes: pet mouse, tiny mouse, mouse trap, field mouse

ratón, mouse

Dispositivo pequeño que se mueve con la mano para controlar el puntero en la pantalla del ordenador.

En inglés sencillo: A small device you move with your hand to control the pointer on a computer screen.

• Click the left mouse button.
• My wireless mouse needs a new battery.
• Move the mouse to point at the picture.

Expresiones frecuentes: computer mouse, wireless mouse, mouse button

ratón

Animal del género científico Mus, al que pertenece el ratón doméstico común.

En inglés sencillo: An animal belonging to the scientific group Mus, which includes the common house species.

• The house mouse belongs to the genus Mus.
• Researchers compared several mouse species within Mus.
• This laboratory mouse is classified as Mus musculus.

Sinónimos: murine, murid, vole

Expresiones frecuentes: house mouse, mouse species, laboratory mouse

cazar ratones

Cazar o atrapar pequeños roedores, especialmente cuando lo hace un gato.

En inglés sencillo: To hunt or catch small rodents, especially when a cat does this.

• Our cat likes to mouse in the barn.
• The kitten moused all evening without catching anything.
• Farm cats often mouse around the grain store.

Sinónimos: hunt mice

Expresiones frecuentes: mouse in barns, mouse at night

andar a hurtadillas

Moverse con cuidado y en silencio para que nadie lo note.

En inglés sencillo: To move quietly and carefully, trying to avoid being noticed.

• He began to mouse around the empty house.
• She moused quietly along the dark corridor.
• Why are you mousing about behind the curtains?

Sinónimos: creep, sneak

Expresiones frecuentes: mouse around, mouse about

cerrar un gancho con alambre

Atar alambre o hilo resistente sobre la abertura de un gancho para que lo enganchado no se salga.

En inglés sencillo: To tie wire or strong thread across a hook's opening so that attached parts cannot slip out.

• Mouse the hook before lifting the load.
• He moused each hook with wire.
• The crew carefully moused the hooks to keep the ropes secure.

Expresiones frecuentes: mouse a hook, mouse the hook