mice

mice — 名詞

1. the form of the noun 'mouse' used when talking about more than one mouse — this

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釋義

複數形

名詞 mouse 的複數形

the form of the noun 'mouse' used when talking about more than one mouse — this applies both to the small animal and, in everyday use, to the computer device.

例句

Mira heard scratching noises and realised mice had got into the kitchen cupboard.

Mira 聽到抓刮聲，發現有老鼠跑進了廚房碗櫃。

irregular plural: mice (not *mouses)

The laboratory keeps a dozen mice in separate cages for the sleep study.

那間實驗室養了十幾隻老鼠，分別放在不同的籠子裡進行睡眠研究。

用法筆記

Mice is the only standard plural of mouse. For computer pointing devices, mouses is occasionally used in informal technical talk, but mice is still far more common even in that context.

常見錯誤

❌I saw three mouses running across the barn floor.
✅I saw three mice running across the barn floor.
💡The plural of 'mouse' is 'mice', an irregular form that does not add -s or -es.