small, active bird, early 14c., titmose, from tit (n.2), expressing something small, + Old English mase "titmouse," from Proto-Germanic *maison (cognates: Dutch mees, German meise), from adj. *maisa- "little, tiny." Spelling influenced 16c. by unrelated mouse, "when mose had long been obsolete as an independent word" [OED]. The proper plural is titmouses.
雙語例句
1. He took the titmouse home and raised it in a bamboo cage.
楊寶跑過去,拾起山雀,撣去螞蟻.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
2. Yang Pao ran over and picked the titmouse up, brushing away the ants.