mouse

souris

Petit animal à fourrure, au museau pointu et à la queue longue et fine.

En anglais simple : 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?

Expressions courantes : pet mouse, tiny mouse, mouse trap, field mouse

souris

Petit appareil qu’on déplace à la main pour diriger le pointeur sur l’écran d’un ordinateur.

En anglais simple : 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.

Expressions courantes : computer mouse, wireless mouse, mouse button

souris

Animal du genre scientifique Mus, qui comprend notamment la souris domestique.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : murine, murid, vole

Expressions courantes : house mouse, mouse species, laboratory mouse

chasser les souris

Chasser ou attraper de petits rongeurs, notamment en parlant d’un chat.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : hunt mice

Expressions courantes : mouse in barns, mouse at night

se faufiler

Se déplacer silencieusement et prudemment pour ne pas se faire remarquer.

En anglais simple : 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?

Synonymes : creep, sneak

Expressions courantes : mouse around, mouse about

capeler un crochet

Fermer l’ouverture d’un crochet avec du fil métallique ou solide pour empêcher les éléments accrochés de sortir.

En anglais simple : 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.

Expressions courantes : mouse a hook, mouse the hook