mole

/mohl/US // moʊl //UK // (məʊl) //

鼹鼠,痣,痦子,卧底

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet: I stopped hating the moles in my rose garden when I realized they were eating the Japanese beetle grubs.
- : a spy who becomes part of and works from within the ranks of an enemy governmental staff or intelligence agency: There is always a risk that the mole may defect to the enemy.Compare double agent.
- : Machinery. a large, powerful machine for boring through earth or rock, used in the construction of tunnels: He worked as a mechanic on the mole that created our subway tunnels.

nounblemish

Forms: moles

Synonyms

noun

He had to wait until he was in college, when he landed a research position that required him to trap star-nosed moles in Pennsylvania’s wetlands.
I had only a vague understanding of all this when I set out for Pennsylvania in a rented cargo van with a sleeping bag and a cooler full of hundreds of earthworms to feed hungry moles.
The supposed mole who stole nuclear secrets has never been found.
About a year earlier, veterinarians at Texas A&M extracted DNA from one of Chance’s moles and used the sample to create a genetic double.
A new mole popping up is just a new mole, because we don’t consider it to be a potential threat of cancer.
To his detractors, he was a half-mad paranoiac who nearly destroyed the CIA in his obsessive search for a Soviet mole.
Last season was definitely challenging, because we were not allowed to mention them or allude to a mole of any kind.
Alasania said it was important to focus the mole hunt on the army.
She was briefly outed by Red as a mole and then allowed to recede into the background again.
Rocket teamed up with the Incredible Hulk to overthrow Judson Jakes, a devious mole.
He grew very restless, for it was a long time before Grandfather Mole appeared.
But she told Grandfather that it was all right—that she knew a person of his age ought not to go without his breakfast.

/mohl/US // moʊl //UK // (məʊl) //

鼹鼠,痣,痦子,卧底

n.名词 noun

1
- : any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet: I stopped hating the moles in my rose garden when I realized they were eating the Japanese beetle grubs.
- : a spy who becomes part of and works from within the ranks of an enemy governmental staff or intelligence agency: There is always a risk that the mole may defect to the enemy.Compare double agent.
- : Machinery. a large, powerful machine for boring through earth or rock, used in the construction of tunnels: He worked as a mechanic on the mole that created our subway tunnels.

nounblemish

Forms: moles

Synonyms

noun

He had to wait until he was in college, when he landed a research position that required him to trap star-nosed moles in Pennsylvania’s wetlands.
I had only a vague understanding of all this when I set out for Pennsylvania in a rented cargo van with a sleeping bag and a cooler full of hundreds of earthworms to feed hungry moles.
The supposed mole who stole nuclear secrets has never been found.
About a year earlier, veterinarians at Texas A&M extracted DNA from one of Chance’s moles and used the sample to create a genetic double.
A new mole popping up is just a new mole, because we don’t consider it to be a potential threat of cancer.
To his detractors, he was a half-mad paranoiac who nearly destroyed the CIA in his obsessive search for a Soviet mole.
Last season was definitely challenging, because we were not allowed to mention them or allude to a mole of any kind.
Alasania said it was important to focus the mole hunt on the army.
She was briefly outed by Red as a mole and then allowed to recede into the background again.
Rocket teamed up with the Incredible Hulk to overthrow Judson Jakes, a devious mole.
He grew very restless, for it was a long time before Grandfather Mole appeared.
But she told Grandfather that it was all right—that she knew a person of his age ought not to go without his breakfast.