A vole is a small furry animal that looks a lot like a mouse but is rounder and heavier, with a blunter nose, small ears half hidden in its fur, and a short tail — a mouse's tail is long and thin, a vole's is stubby.

A vole is a small furry animal that looks a lot like a mousevole 是一種毛茸茸的小動物，長得很像老鼠, but is rounder and heavier但更圓、更重, with a blunter nose鼻子比較鈍, small ears half hidden in its fur耳朵小小的、半藏在毛裡, and a short tail尾巴也短——a mouse's tail is long and thin老鼠（mouse）的尾巴又長又細, a vole's is stubby但 vole 的尾巴短短粗粗的。

Voles live in grass and fields, along riverbanks, and in woods, eating grass, roots and seeds, and digging runs through the vegetation. They are common in Britain, Europe and North America, and are important food for owls, foxes and hawks; gardeners and farmers sometimes complain about them because they chew roots and bark.

Voles live in grass and fields, along riverbanks, and in woodsvole 住在草地、田野、河岸邊和樹林裡, eating grass, roots and seeds吃草、根和種子, and digging runs through the vegetation並且在植被間挖出通道。They are common in Britain, Europe and North America牠們在英國、歐洲和北美很常見, and are important food for owls, foxes and hawks也是貓頭鷹、狐狸和老鷹的重要食物；gardeners and farmers sometimes complain about them園丁和農夫有時候會抱怨牠們, because they chew roots and bark因為牠們會啃根和樹皮。

The best-known kinds in English are the field vole (also called the short-tailed field mouse), the bank vole, and the water vole, which swims and is the animal Ratty is based on in the children's book The Wind in the Willows — despite the name, he is a vole, not a rat.

The best-known kinds in English are the field vole (also called the short-tailed field mouse), the bank vole, and the water vole英文裡最有名的幾種是 field vole（也叫 short-tailed field mouse 短尾田鼠）、bank vole（岸田鼠），和 water vole（水鼠）, which swims and is the animal Ratty is based on in the children's book The Wind in the Willows牠會游泳，也是童書《柳林風聲》裡角色 Ratty 的原型——despite the name, he is a vole, not a rat雖然名字裡有 rat，但牠其實是 vole，不是老鼠。

The word is neutral and slightly countryside-flavoured; you meet it in nature programmes, children's books and biology class rather than in daily conversation. Regular plural: voles.

The word is neutral and slightly countryside-flavoured這個字語感中性，帶點鄉間色彩；you meet it in nature programmes, children's books and biology class rather than in daily conversation你會在自然節目、童書和生物課裡遇到它，而不是日常對話裡。Regular plural: voles規則複數：voles。