rat同mouse有冇分別

Rat = 大老鼠
Mouse = 小老鼠

Rat 同 Mouse 都係單數
Rat o既眾數係 Rats
Mouse o既眾數係 Mice

rat同mouse的分別.應該說所有鼠類.不分體形大小或屬地品種.一律歸類在(rat)範疇內.
而mouse通常指小老鼠.尤其是城市住家看得到的到處流竄的小老鼠.
因此小老鼠mouse包含在所有鼠類rat範圍之下.

Rat:
1. 鼠
Rats carry very nasty diseases.
老鼠傳播討厭的疾病。
2. 【口】卑鄙小人;叛徒;告密者
3. 【美】【口】女用髮墊

Mouse

1. 鼠
2. 膽小怕羞的人
Are you a man or a mouse?
你是一個男子漢還是一個膽小鬼?
3. 【電腦】滑鼠

Rat and mouse is the same meaning. (中文作:鼠, 老鼠)

But you need to use in different form, when it is plural(複數).

單數:a Rat
eg. The rat is running around.

複數:Rats
eg. Rats carry very nasty diseases.

單數:A mouse
eg.A mouse (plural mice) is a rodent that belongs to one of numerous species of small mammals.

複數: mice
eg. Mice is a rodent that belongs to one of numerous species of small mammals.



Rat 可以加 s;
Mouse 不可以用 Mouses 做複數詞。

2007-05-21 16:27:42 補充：
Explain得太簡單。

Rats are various medium sized rodents. "True rats" are members of the genus Rattus, the most important of which to humans are the black rat, Rattus rattus, and the brown rat, R. norvegicus. Many members of other rodent genera and families are also called rats and share many characteristics with true rats.
Rats are distinguished from mice by their size; rats generally have bodies longer than 12 cm (5 inches). Squirrels of most species are about the same size as rats but are members of their own family, Sciuridae, and are usually more specialized than rats.
圖片參考：http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Rattus_rattus05.jpg/200px-Rattus_rattus05.jpg

A mouse (plural mice) is a rodent that belongs to one of numerous species of small mammals. The best known mouse species is the common house mouse (Mus musculus). It is found in nearly all countries and, as the laboratory mouse, serves as an important model organism in biology; it is also a popular pet. The American white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) and the deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) also sometimes live in houses. These species of mice live commensally with humans.
Although they may live up to two years in the lab, the average mouse in the wild lives only about 3 months, primarily due to heavy predation. Cats, wild dogs, foxes, birds of prey, snakes and even certain kinds of insects have been known to prey heavily upon mice. Nevertheless, due to its incredible adaptability to almost any environment, and its ability to live commensally with humans, the mouse is regarded to be the third most successful mammalian species living on Earth today, after humans and the rat.
Mice can be harmful pests, damaging and eating crops and spreading diseases through their parasites and feces. In the Western United States, breathing dust that has come in contact with mouse feces has been linked to the deadly hantavirus. The original motivation for the domestication of cats is thought to have been for their predation of mice and their relatives, the rats.
圖片參考：http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/House_mouse.jpg/250px-House_mouse.jpg

rat同mouse
主要都是解作鼠