| 释义 |
whisker
UK ['wɪs.kər] US [-kɚ] noun
countable
■any of the long, stiff hairs growing on the face of a cat, mouse or other mammal （猫、鼠等动物的）须•He watched the cat cleaning the milk off her whiskers.他看着猫把胡须上的牛奶弄干净。 whiskers [plural] old-fashioned or humorous
■the hair growing on a man's face, especially the sides and/or the lower part （尤指男子侧面或下巴上的）胡须；络腮胡子
UK ['wɪs.kər] US [-kɚ] noun
by a whisker
■by a very small amount 一丝，一点，很少量•Last time she raced against the Brazilian, she won by a whisker.上次她和那个巴西人赛跑，仅以微弱优势取胜。
UK ['wɪs.kər] US [-kɚ] noun
come within a whisker of (doing) sth
■If you come within a whisker of doing something, you almost do it or it almost happens to you 差一点就做…；…差一点就发生了•Twice now she had come within a whisker of death.到目前为止，她两次与死神擦肩而过。 |