| 单词 | mouser |
| 例句 | “There’s a new electronic mouser on the market,” he volunteered. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Her name wasn’t a compliment so much as a joke; as a mouser, she was a calamity. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z That new electronic mouser that made a noise only mice could hear and sent them screaming into the night? Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z A bony mouser from downstairs would arch its back and rub mournfully against the slop jar. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Ralph shuddered at the thought of an electronic mouser sending his family screaming into the snow to freeze to death. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z My mother got rid of the vermin and he's a born mouser. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z A number of you also have had the great joy of having the greatest cat ever and the greatest mouser ever. If you’ve loved and lost a pet, you’ll get these tales of readers’ grief 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z To me, he was the greatest cat ever, and the greatest mouser ever. Someone misses Charlie the rodent-gifting cat very much (it’s not the rodents) 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z In subsequent years, he was given the exalted title of chief mouser to the Cabinet Office, a post he has carried out with mixed results, depending on who is passing judgment. New prime minister or not, Larry the cat is here to stay. 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z Larry, also known as the “chief mouser,” is a tabby that resides at 10 Downing Street — and has outlasted multiple prime ministers. Boris Johnson quotes ‘Lion King’ to buck up staff rocked by Partygate scandal 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z Even the turret is charming: it reminds me of a friendlier version of the mousers from TMNT. Valorant’s newest hero has some adorable robots 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z In vain the kindly call: in vain The plate for which thou once wast fain At morn and noon and daylight’s wane, O King of mousers. If you’ve loved and lost a pet, you’ll get these tales of readers’ grief 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z But the chief mouser is likely to be more interested in the ongoing turf war between him and his Foreign Office rival, Palmerston. The new PM's first job: Impress the cat 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z He also developed an antagonistic relationship with the Foreign Office’s own mouser, Palmerston, who has since retired from public duty. New prime minister or not, Larry the cat is here to stay. 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z In addition to two Irish wolfhounds, a feral mouser, two horses, two minidonkeys and varying numbers of chickens, she began raising Icelandic sheep. Pam Houston, of ‘Cowboys Are My Weakness’ fame, tells a new love story — one between a writer and her wild home 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z Before then, he was a mouser at the Workhouse on Scott Street and a greeter at the Old Ironworks Arts District. Bend gallery owners run cat for mayor as sign-code protest 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z Reid also took home the Lyric Theatre's cat, Fleur, when the mouser retired. Whiskers in the workplace: More cats with careers 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z In 1868 three cats were formally employed as mousers at the Money Order Office in London. Bureaucats: The felines with official positions 2018-01-27T05:00:00Z While many rushed forward to introduce their pets, other political feline counterparts also came forward, including chief mouser Larry, of 10 Downing Street fame in the UK. New Zealand's 'first cat' and other political pets 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z The “Working Cats” program started four years ago at the Animal Care and Control Team shelter, placing the biters and the skittish at barns and stables to work as mousers. For ornery shelter cats, 2nd chance is a job chasing mice 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z In April, the Foreign Office took on its own mouser, Palmerston, while the Treasury recruited Gladstone in July. Cabinet Office cats Evie and Ossie join Whitehall mousers - BBC News 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z But there seems little chance of a Mastroeni waver on those carefully modeled whiskers, the mouser crawling back over his upper lip. Pablo Mastroeni showing patience pays off for Colorado Rapids 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z It was confirmed he would stay on after the departure of David Cameron, who took the opportunity in his final prime minister's questions to quash rumours he did not get along with the mouser. Gladstone the cat lands Treasury job - BBC News 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z Larry, who holds the jocular title of chief mouser to the Cabinet Office, after being tasked in 2011 with alleviating a mouse problem at the prime minister’s residence, was recently spotted with a limp. Literal cat fight breaks out between Downing Street and British Foreign Office 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z And the "chief mouser" will stay when Theresa May replaces Mr Cameron as UK prime minister. Larry the cat escapes Downing Street eviction - BBC News 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z The Foreign Office and Treasury recruited their own mousers this year. Cabinet Office cats Evie and Ossie join Whitehall mousers - BBC News 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z Part of that interest may have been practical: animals can be dangerous, they can be sources of food and clothing, and they can serve as sentries or mousers. Crows Understand Analogies 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z The charity has offered the Palace of Westminster the pick of some of its best mousers and Ms McIntosh pressed the ruling House of Commons Commission to take them up on their offer. Commons mice 'out of control' 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z They are great mousers and serve as loving companions. The Rail: After the Crowds Leave the Track, Who Keeps You Company? 2012-06-02T19:27:32Z It was also a good mouser, and after killing a mouse with a blow from its beak would swallow it entire. Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:16.210Z Then they realized her value, for she was a great mouser, and the place was infested with rats and mice. Daisy the autobiography of a cat 2011-10-25T02:00:24.887Z Virginia straggling in the rear finds herself under the paw of "Uncle Abe," represented as a watchful and alert old mouser, and has paused, despite herself, to consider her next step. The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature 2011-10-04T02:00:18.533Z That long-headed, sharp-nosed cats are the best mousers. The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z So the next day an advertisement appeared in the Press: Wanted, to find homes for two black kittens, nice purrers, good mousers. Winona of the Camp Fire 2011-08-28T02:00:35.510Z This was the farmyard mouser, Sir Charles, a worthy who, although he possessed a name befitting a Crusader, was nevertheless a prowler, a poacher, and a buccaneer born and bred. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z They were very smart mousers, like their mother, and they were devoted to Robert and Mary. Daisy the autobiography of a cat 2011-10-25T02:00:24.887Z That man who brought him here said that his father was an excellent mouser. Seeing Things at Night 2011-04-10T02:00:05.360Z Would you have your cat a good mouser? The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z And we must spare our mousers, the fox and the skunk and the big barn owl,—for the mice destroy our grain, and I don’t know anything muskrats are good for except their fur. The Adventures of Fleetfoot and Her Fawns 2011-04-03T02:00:18.337Z Cats.—However valuable cats may be as mousers, few learn to catch rats. House Rats and Mice Farmers' Bulletin 896 2011-03-12T03:00:26.220Z It was likewise required that it should be perfect in its sense of hearing and seeing, should be a good mouser, have its claws whole, and, if a female, be a careful nurse. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z It also proved itself an excellent mouser, having killed five mice, by crushing the heads of such as, tempted by the meal, had the audacity to intrude their noses within its bivalvular clutches. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom Not a bad mouser either, when “i’ th’ vein,” and a good cat for a miller to have, not being easily seen among sacks of flour. The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z There had never been such a mouser as she on the farm. Mammy Tittleback and Her Family A True Story of Seventeen Cats "I only hope he is not a royal mouser," replied Mr. Mouse, "and I think, now that we have seen all we have, we had better return, for who knows when he may awake?" The Adventures of Puss in Boots, Jr. She was never good for any thing as a mouser after that accident, nor for very much to play with. Letters from a Cat One brawny fellow he saw, through the glass, take a herring from a broken box, and stop to feed it to a sleek, brindled mouser. Dr. Sevier Merits.—They are excellent and patient mousers, and the best of hunters. The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z “Are you sure it will be as good a mouser and as sweet-tempered and as pretty?” demanded Mr. Morris. Four Little Blossoms at Oak Hill School Within, starvation; out, reproof: Elsewhere we had been honest mousers, And slept, by, fireside carousers. Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) The girl said she would and at the same time told him the cat was an excellent mouser. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes A gentleman once owned a hen that was a fine mouser. Anecdotes of Animals He was the best mouser in interior Alaska. Cat and Mouse The former drank the Doctor's health With clinking cups, the gay carousers; The latter watched her door by stealth, Just like so many mousers. The Book of Humorous Verse He's a good mouser, but it spoils cats to nurse them. A Little Girl in Old Boston To the family he was only known as "an excellent mouser," and "so good with the children." More Tales in the Land of Nursery Rhyme It would have stirred the indignation of Job himself to see how much like an old mouser he behaved to us two little mice. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 Stiff who was a tall Yankee, protested that he could “chaw up his tongue, and go as slick as a feline mouser.” Silver Lake She didn't care if they did need a good mouser at the stranger's house. The Tale of Miss Kitty Cat Slumber-Town Tales But in due time her reputation was firmly established as the prettiest cat and the best mouser in the neighbourhood. Cat and Dog Memoirs of Puss and the Captain He was no longer Thomas the Prince in Disguise, he was only Thomas "the good mouser." More Tales in the Land of Nursery Rhyme The girl said she would, and that it was a very good mouser. Favorite Fairy Tales She is going to be a splendid mouser. The Petticoat Commando Boer Women in Secret Service "You may have her, and you will find that she is a good mouser too." Fifty Famous Stories Retold He was a good mouser, and foraged well for himself out of doors. Woodside or, Look, Listen, and Learn. "He is such an excellent mouser," Papa had said, and the children, "Oh we can't leave Thomas, he is such a darling." More Tales in the Land of Nursery Rhyme There is that objection to owls, as mousers. Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy "Yes, she would," she said, though the cat was such a good mouser that she was sorry to part with her. English Fairy Tales She never was no great of a mouser, but it went to my heart to see how pleased she looks! Deephaven and Selected Stories & Sketches I'm such a good mouser, there ain't many left around here. The Southern Cross A Play in Four Acts "This is a chance for Johnny Bear to make a reputation as a mouser," said grandmother. What Two Children Did We must make the cat appear ridiculous, and the people of the house will see it is no use as a mouser. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 14, 1917 The Duke is now a little too old a mouser to enjoy Tory tricks. Punch, or the London Charivari. Volume 1, July 31, 1841 You can't expect much from such hindered creator's,—it's just like beratin' a black and white cat for being a poor mouser. Deephaven and Selected Stories & Sketches He says a pet skunk is not only a fine mouser but leads a far more righteous life than a cat, which is given to debauchery and cursing in the night. Ma Pettengill The price was sometimes a hundred roubles for a single mouser, and by curtailing the supply the Manjours kept the market good. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life "We might as well drown that cat at once and get a real mouser," said the master. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 14, 1917 Oderic of Pordenone, who was a man before he was a friar, remarks: 'The Chinese are comely enough, but colourless, having beards of long straggling hair like mousers, cats I mean. Medieval People Now when the people were told this by the host, they asked the man whether the mouser was to be sold, for they would pay him well for it. The Book of Noodles Stories of Simpletons; or, Fools and Their Follies It was likewise required, that the animal should be perfect in its senses of hearing and seeing, should be a good mouser, have its claws whole, and if a female, be a careful nurse. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 394, October 17, 1829 She is eight years old, and a remarkable mouser. Anne of the Island "Well, mind you put a bell round her neck, then," laughed the master of the house, "so that she may know that she's not a real mouser." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 14, 1917 I never see such a mouser for one of her age. The Country of the Pointed Firs Tommie didn't wink, for he knew the ways of court, his grandfather having been chief mouser to old King Adelbert; but he purred a warm good purr, like a mill grinding out pure white grain. The Faery Tales of Weir As to the fire, in case her fur had been singed the rats could detect her by the odor, and her qualities as a mouser were thus injured. Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others The girl said: "Yes, that I will, master, though she is an excellent mouser." English Fairy Tales This person was a hermit cat, A cat that play'd the hypocrite, A saintly mouser, sleek and fat, An arbiter of keenest wit. Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes A great mouser on the watch occurred to him. Three John Silence Stories The former drank the Doctor's health With clinking cups, the gay carousers; The latter watched her door by stealth, Just like so many mousers. Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Polly, the enemy, was the best mouser of all: quite the best business cat we ever had, with an astonishing intellect and a shrewd way of gaining her ends. Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others It was well that he did replenish his finances somewhat, for his apparently phlegmatic landlord was as wary as a veteran mouser in looking after his small interests. A Knight of the Nineteenth Century The work that this army does proves that well-fed cats make the best mousers. Friends and Helpers Mrs Williams was too prone to indiscretion in the matter of letting news slip prematurely; and as to its capture, her husband would often confess, with private humour, that Minnie wasn't much of a mouser. The Imperialist It was clear that carnivorous tastes were not the whole solution, for Roxana was famed as a notable mouser. Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose Another time, a large cat, a great mouser, ran after her, and it was with difficulty they rescued Piccolissima from the claws of Raminagrobis. Piccolissima It was a first-rate mouser, Bingham said, and it would settle Winter. The Imperialist |
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