mousery

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A place where mice are kept and bred. rare
    — There was indeed a mousery of vast proportions, far from general view on an upper floor. . . . A member of the Institute's research staff, unaware of its existence and unexpectedly admitted, found himself in a city of mice, thousands of them, elaborately housed and cared for.

词形变化

mouseries plural

词源

Etymology tree
English mouse
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -ārius
Old French -ier
Latin -ia
Old French -ie
Old French -eriebor.
Middle English -erie
English -ery
English mousery
From mouse + -ery.
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