鼠年的英文是the Year of the Rat吗?至少我搜索Yahoo,大部分“鼠年”的表达方式是用Rat。这合适吗?在英文里,mouse和rat相比,mouse的形象更好些,mouse有的涵义有quiet as a mouse,poor as a church mouse, 或play cat and mouse,基本上意思都比较中性,而rat含有“不忠诚”“欺骗”的贬义比较多,如 “But you promised to help us, you rat!”“rat sb out”. 既然如此,为什么还会用“the Year of the Rat”,是约定俗成的影响吗?