whisker

英['wɪskə(r)] 美['wɪskər]
  • n. 腮须胡须；似须物；几乎要做
whiskered
TEM4 CET6

详细释义

Noun:
  1. a very small distance or space;

    "they escaped by a hair's-breadth"
    "they lost the election by a whisker"

  2. a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat

Verb:
  1. furnish with whiskers;

    "a whiskered jersey"

双语例句

1. Unemployment is now a whisker away from three million.
现在的失业人数已接近300万。

来自柯林斯例句

2. You escaped serious injury by a whisker, so consider yourselves very lucky.
你差一点就受重伤, 你应该觉得自己很幸运.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. He missed the first prize by a whisker.
他和头奖擦肩而过.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. They came within a whisker of being killed.
他们险些丟了性命.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. A new pet census showed that cats now outnumber dogs by a whisker (7 million to 6.9 million).
新的宠物普查显示出猫的数量略微超过了狗的数量（700万比690万）。

来自柯林斯例句

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. He has heavy whiskers.
      他长着很重的连鬓胡子。
    2. My mom is a cat whisker collector; I'm her sole supplier.
      我妈妈是位猫须收藏家，我是她唯一的供应商。
    3. The inorganic whisker is a special one in the High-tech new compound material.
      无机晶须材料是高技术复合材料中的一种特殊成员，
    4. The candidate lost the election by a whisker.
      该候选人以微弱劣势失去了竞选
    5. They came within a whisker of being killed.
      他们险些丢了性命。

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