whisker是什么意思

短语搭配

(1)within a whisker of险些儿；差一点儿

(2)cat's whisker触须；晶须

双语例句

(1)The dog's whiskers tickled me.

狗的胡须挠得我直痒痒。

(2)The athlete came within a whisker of taking a gold medal, which made everyone felt sorry for him.

这位运动员差一点就获得金牌，这使得大家都为他感到难过。

(3)The man cuts his whiskers every morning.

这个男人每天早上都会刮胡子。

(4)He watched the cat cleaning the milk off its whiskers.

他看着猫把它的胡须上的牛奶弄干净

(5)Tactfully, Whisker gave Kate suggestions on how best to mix and match the clothes she already owned while also suggesting new additions.

巧妙地，Whisker 给了凯特一些建议，比如如何在现有的服饰中做最好的搭配，以及添置一些新的衣服等。

(6)They came within a whisker of being killed.

他们险些丢了性命。

(7)Since then Ms. Whisker has been a regular visitor to Kate's London apartment.

从那以后，Whisker女士就成了凯特伦敦公寓的常客。

(8)Irish-born Leesa Whisker is the utterly discreet woman in charge of Kate's new look.

爱尔兰出生的 Leesa Whisker 是一个非常谨慎的人，她负责凯特的新造型。

(9)Voters opted by a whisker for Mr. Dayton, who had promised to balance the books in part by raising taxes on the richest 10% of Minnesotans.

选民们以微弱优势选择了戴顿先生。戴顿曾承诺提高10%的最富有的明尼苏达人的税收，从而在一定程度上实现收支平衡。

同义词

n. 晶须；胡须；腮须

同根词

词根 whisker

(1)whiskered adj. 留胡须的；有腮须的

(2)whiskery adj. 年长的；有须的；古老的

释义

n.

a long projecting hair or bristle growing from the face or snout of many mammals

须。

(whiskers)the hair growing on a man's face, especially on his cheeks

胡须；髯。

a single crystal of a material in the form of a filament with no dislocations

晶须；针状单晶。

(a whisker)informal a very small amount

〈非正式〉 少许，少量

they won the election by a whisker.

他们以微弱的优势赢得选举。

短语

　have （或 have grown）　whiskers informal （especially of a story） be very old　〈非正式〉 （尤指故事）古老，不再新奇

within a whisker of informal　extremely close or near to doing, achieving, or suffering something　〈非正式〉 险些儿；差一点儿

词源

"late Middle English （originally denoting a bundle of feathers, twigs, etc., used for whisking）： from the verb WHISK+-ER1．"