mouse

ネズミ

毛があり、鼻先がとがっていて、細長い尾を持つ小さな動物。

やさしい英語で： 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?

よく使う表現： pet mouse, tiny mouse, mouse trap, field mouse

マウス

手で動かしてパソコン画面のポインターを操作する小さな機器。

やさしい英語で： 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.

よく使う表現： computer mouse, wireless mouse, mouse button

ハツカネズミ

一般的な家ネズミを含む、学名Musという属の動物。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： murine, murid, vole

よく使う表現： house mouse, mouse species, laboratory mouse

ネズミを捕る

特に猫が、ネズミなどの小さなげっ歯類を狩ったり捕まえたりする。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： hunt mice

よく使う表現： mouse in barns, mouse at night

こそこそ動く、忍び歩く

気づかれないように、静かに注意深く動く。

やさしい英語で： 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?

類義語： creep, sneak

よく使う表現： mouse around, mouse about

フックの口を縛る

掛けた物が外れないよう、フックの口を針金や丈夫な糸で縛る。

やさしい英語で： 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.

よく使う表現： mouse a hook, mouse the hook