The previous governor, George Pataki, had similar ideas, but he pursued them with the audacity of a dormouse. 前任州长乔治•塔基当时虽然也有类似的设想,不过他在推行类似的计划时采取的方式简直如同一只睡鼠那样肆无忌惮。
For some minutes the whole court was in confusion, getting the Dormouse turned out, and, by the time they had settled down again, the cook had disappeared. 整个法庭完全混乱了好几分钟,把睡鼠赶出去以后,大家才再次坐下来,这时厨师失踪了。
dormouse dormice
[ noun ] small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather <noun.animal>
Dormouse \Dor"mouse\, n.; pl. {Dormice}. [Perh. fr. F. dormir to sleep (Prov. E. dorm to doze) + E. mouse; or perh. changed fr. F. dormeuse, fem., a sleeper, though not found in the sense of a dormouse.] (Zo["o]l.) A small European rodent of the genus {Myoxus}, of several species. They live in trees and feed on nuts, acorns, etc.; -- so called because they are usually torpid in winter.
A Pounds 45m plan for the English countryside, ranging from job creation measures to an effort to save the dormouse from extinction, was unveiled by the government.
The hazel dormouse tends to live in areas of hazel coppice where the spreading limbs of the older trees provide it with aerial routes essential for its arboreal lifestyle.