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词汇 dormouse
释义 dormouse
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈdɔː.maʊs/ us /ˈdɔːr.maʊs/pluraldormiceuk /ˈdɔː.maɪs/ us /ˈdɔːr.maɪs/
a small animal that looks like a mouse with a long tail covered in fur睡鼠,冬眠鼠
 
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Examples from literature

Once upon a time a dormouse lived in the wood with his mother. 
The common English dormouse is a most charming little animal, and a great pet with children. 
The dormouse in its wild state lives on fruits, seeds, nuts and buds. 
The gardener assured me it was the dormice which eat it all. 
These mice can be very easily tamed, and live happily in cages, like dormice. 

Examples of dormouse


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Those not fond of those clauses would hate to be thought an enemy of the dormouse, the military orchid or the drooping saxifrage.
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The threatened dormouse and field vole nestle in their midst; along with nesting birds such as the tree sparrow and yellowhammer.
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Schedule 2 of the regulations contains a list of protected species of animal, for example, the bat and the dormouse.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
He had better return to his period as a dormouse.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
The dormouse is still in decline, but its position is much better at present than we had assumed a couple of years ago.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
One example given was of a llama; another was of a dormouse.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
They cannot be put in the same bag as the otter, the dormouse or the red squirrel.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
Most of the creatures mentioned in the schedule are not normally regarded as pets, except possibly the dormouse.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
He was rather somnolent, perhaps, somewhat a rival of the dormouse.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
It ended by putting the dormouse into the teapot.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
Many, if not all, of the species she mentioned—the grey partridge, the song thrush and the dormouse—are afforded protection within the framework of our biodiversity plans.
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We know remarkably little about the dormouse.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
It may have been a dormouse.
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Among the mammals are the dormouse, weasel, mole, badger, marten, fox and wild boar (whose presence is resented for damage to crops).
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Wikipedia

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Dormouse lard was also useful for medicinal purposes.
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