Well, right around age 10, the boy got a pet gerbil which he kept in his bedroom.

原来，这个男孩在十岁左右时候在卧室里面养了一只鼠。

Well, I think she looks kind of like a gerbil.

我觉得她长优点象鼠。

And there are some lesser-known pollinator pals, too — even gerbils.

还有一些不太为人所粉——甚有鼠。

Need to track down a lost gerbil?

需要寻找丢失鼠吗？

Scientists now think that it was most likely not rats, but another rodent, the gerbil, that caused the Bubonic plague.

科学家们现在认为黑死病很大可能不是老鼠引起，而是另一种啮齿动物——鼠。

Now you owe me a pet gerbil Twenty red ferns and and an old megaphone!

现在你欠我一只宠物鼠 二十株红蕨和一个旧扩音器！

For example, if I said, " I prefer hamsters to gerbils, " you might respond: " Oh, so you want to drown all gerbils? "

例如，如果我说，“比起鼠， 我更喜欢仓鼠” ，你可能会回答：“哦， 所以你想淹死所有鼠？