单词 | whisker |
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。 |
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