鼠年到了,rat和mouse的短语也要学起来啦
本年是阴历鼠年,在英语里寻常用the Year of the Rat来表现,固然用the Year of the Mouse来表现也没错。
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不晓得是不是由于米老鼠的外貌太深化民意,大局部人看到mouse这个词就会以为是心爱的,惹人喜好的外貌,而看到rat这个词就会想到“一只老鼠坏了一锅汤”之类的负面外貌。
从体型上去说,rat的体型比mouse稍大,寻常有鸽子那么大,而mouse的体型较小,跟麻雀差不多。
Rat多生存在室外,最稀有的有褐鼠(brown rat)、黑老鼠(black rat),另有田鼠(field rat)、大足鼠(Himalayan field rat)等,寻常毁坏性较强,且会引发并转达鼠疫(bubonic plague)。
Mouse则多指家鼠(house mouse),寻常藏在家中偷吃食品,如今也有人将mouse当作宠物来养。
值得注意的是,rat的复数情势是rats,而mouse的复数情势是mice,可不要搞错了呀。
底下就随着我们学几个rat和mouse干系的英语短语吧。
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rat race 剧烈的竞争;严酷、高压的活着情况
He decided to get out of the rat race, and went to work on a farm.他决定挣脱这种高压的事情形态,去一个农场事情。
smell a rat 以为何处不合错误,起困惑
He's been working late with her every night this week - I smell a rat!他这周天天夜晚都跟她事情到很晚,我以为不合错误劲!
lab rat (实行室里的)小白鼠;长时泡在实行室的研讨生;实行目标
He is in love with a lab rat and they haven't seen each other for three months.他爱上了一个实行室狂魔,他们以前3个月没晤面了。
Not all the human lab rats in this study fully understood the potential consequences.并不是一切的人类实行目标都完全了解这个实行约莫招致的后果。
rat's nest 一团乱麻;乱作一团;乱得像猪窝
We just moved in, and the place is a rat's nest.我们刚搬进入,这场合几乎是个猪窝。
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mouse potato 电脑狂人(长时间使用电脑的人)
I can't believe I spend 10 hours a day on the internet. I'm such a mouse potato!真不敢信赖我一天在网上的时间有10个小时,我真是个电脑狂人!
poor as a church mouse 穷得叮当响;贫无立锥
You want to borrow money from him? He is as poor as a church mouse.你想从他那边借款?他但是贫无立锥。
quiet as a mouse 悄无声气;沉默不语
She was as quiet as a mouse that nobody noticed her presence. 她不声不响,致使于没人熟悉到她也在场。
play cat and mouse 玩猫捉老鼠
Stop playing cat and mouse with me and tell me what you really want.别跟我玩猫捉老鼠了,直接报告我你想要什么。
Mickey Mouse 副业的;小儿科的;毫无代价的
His Mickey Mouse assignments soon bored the students.学生们很快就对他那些小儿科的作业生厌了。
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