noun
1 animal
ADJECTIVE
▪ deer , field , house , etc.
▪ laboratory
▪ white
VERB + MOUSE
▪ chase
▪ catch
▪ kill
▪ breed
MOUSE + VERB
▪ squeak
▪ run , scurry
▪ gnaw sth
▪
A ~ had gnawed its way through the cable.
MOUSE + NOUN
▪ droppings
▪ hole
▪ trap (usually mousetrap )
PHRASES
▪ as quiet as a ~
▪
She crept upstairs, as quiet as a ~.
2 for a computer
ADJECTIVE
▪ optical , wireless
VERB + MOUSE
▪ click , double-click
▪ use
▪ drag , move
MOUSE + NOUN
▪ button
▪ click
▪
Some of these mouse-click short cuts are worth learning.
▪ cursor , pointer
▪ mat ( BrE ), pad ( esp. AmE )
▪ port
PREPOSITION
▪ with the ~
▪
You can move the cursor around the screen with the ~.