whisker 详细解释

whisker

['wiskə]

n.腮须胡须, 似须物, 几乎要做

词形变化

形容词: whiskered |

英英释义

名词 whisker:

a very small distance or space

同义词:hair's-breadth, hairsbreadth, hair

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

同义词:vibrissa, sensory hair

动词 whisker:

furnish with whiskers

同义词:bewhisker

补充

whiskerwhisker英:[ˈhwiskə] 美:[ˈhwɪskɚ, ˈwɪs-]n.1.连鬓胡子, 络腮胡子2.(某些动物的)须He watched the cat cleaning the milk off her whiskers.他看着猫舔胡须上的牛奶。

例句

1. Unemployment is now a whisker away from three million.失业人数现在已接近300万。 2. A new pet census showed that cats now outnumber dogs by a whisker.一项新的宠物普查显示, 猫的数量略微超过了狗的数量。 3. they won the election by a whisker.他们以微弱的优势赢得选举。 4. He's decided to shave off his whiskers.他决定刮掉络腮胡。 5. a cat's whiskers猫须 6. He won/lost the race by a whisker.他以微弱之差获胜/落败。 7. She came within a whisker of getting fired. [=she came very close to getting fired]她差一点被解雇。 8. a whiskered animal/chin有须动物;留着络腮胡的下巴