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mousehole

/mous-hohl/US // ˈmaʊsˌhoʊl //

老鼠洞,鼠洞,鼠标孔,鼠穴

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the burrow of a mouse.
    • : the entrance to a mouse's burrow.
    • : a small hole resembling this.

Examples

  • Mousehole, one of the most delightful fishing-villages in England, is in this parish, far more unspoiled even than Newlyn.

  • Newlyn, with respect to population, exceeds by one-third that of Mousehole.

  • The breeze now freshening, we ran across the bay past Marazion, until we sighted Mousehole, on the western side.

  • Others of them in that time burned that fisher town Mousehole; the rest watched as a guard for the defence of these firers.

  • The inhabitants of Mousehole fled in a terrified mob towards Penzance, the roar of the ships' guns adding speed to their flight.