dormouse
/ˈdɔːmaʊs/noun
उच्चारण डॉर्माउस
डॉरमाउस (चूहे जैसा छोटा जीव जो सर्दियों भर सोता है)
Core word
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a small European animal like a mouse, with a long thick tail, that sleeps through the winter
डॉरमाउस (चूहे जैसा छोटा जीव जो सर्दियों भर सोता है)
- The dormouse curled up in its nest for the winter.
- the Dormouse in Alice in Wonderland
- A dormouse can sleep for months in a hole in the ground.
+ 2 more examples
- We saw a tiny dormouse on a nature walk in the forest.
- The dormouse is rarely seen because it hides by day.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
dormouse (plural: dormice)
The plural is dormice, like mouse and mice, not dormouses.
बहुवचन 'dormice' है, जैसे mouse का mice; 'dormouses' नहीं।
- A dormouse sleeps through the winter.
- Several dormice were found in the barn.
hibernate / sleep through the winter
A dormouse hibernates: it spends the cold months in a deep sleep.
Dormouse शीत-निद्रा में रहता है: वह ठंडे महीने गहरी नींद में बिताता है।
- Dormice hibernate from October to April.
sleep like a dormouse
A comparison used for someone who sleeps very deeply and for a long time.
बहुत गहरी और लंबी नींद सोने वाले के लिए तुलना।
- After the exam, Radhika slept like a dormouse.
the dormouse (generic) / a dormouse
Use the dormouse for the kind of animal and a dormouse for one example.
जाति बताने के लिए 'the dormouse' और एक उदाहरण के लिए 'a dormouse' आता है।
- The dormouse is a small rodent with a bushy tail.
dormouse + adjective for sleepy people
Some people call a very sleepy person a dormouse, as a gentle joke.
कुछ लोग बहुत नींद वाले व्यक्ति को मज़ाक में dormouse कह देते हैं।
- Our little dormouse never wakes before nine.
+Collocations 5
adjective + dormouse
hazelediblesleepytinyfurrygarden
- The hazel dormouse lives in thick hedges.
verb + dormouse
seeprotectfindspotfeed
- Conservationists work hard to protect the dormouse.
dormouse + verb
hibernatessleepsnestseats nutsclimbscurls up
- The dormouse curls up in a ball inside its nest.
dormouse + habitat/food
in a hedgerowin a hollow treeon hazelnutson berriesin a nest of grass
- A dormouse feeds on hazelnuts and berries.
dormouse + season
in winterin autumnin springthrough the cold months
- A dormouse wakes up only in spring.
“More examples 6
- In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, a dormouse falls asleep at the tea party.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland में एक dormouse चाय पार्टी में सो जाता है।
- The dormouse is awake mainly at night.
Dormouse मुख्यतः रात में जागता है।
- Children in the zoo watched a dormouse curled up in a ball.
चिड़ियाघर में बच्चों ने गेंद की तरह सिकुड़े हुए एक dormouse को देखा।
- The number of dormice has fallen as hedgerows have been cut down.
झाड़ियों की बाड़ें कटने से dormice की संख्या घट गई है।
- My grandfather says that my brother sleeps like a dormouse.
मेरे दादाजी कहते हैं कि मेरा भाई बहुत गहरी नींद सोता है।
- The tail of a dormouse is thick and furry, unlike the tail of a rat.
Dormouse की पूँछ मोटी और रोएँदार होती है, चूहे की पूँछ जैसी नहीं।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ There are many dormouses in the forest.
✓ There are many dormice in the forest.
Dormouse has an irregular plural, dormice.
Dormouse का बहुवचन अनियमित है, 'dormice'।
✗ The dormouse are hibernating in winter.
✓ The dormouse is hibernating in winter.
A singular subject takes a singular verb.
Singular subject के साथ singular verb आती है।
§Grammar and usage
Plural: the plural of dormouse is dormice, like mouse and mice.
Plural में dormouse का plural dormice है, ठीक उसी तरह जैसे mouse का mice होता है।