Whisker
[ 'wɪskɚ ]
第5级
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n. 细须;连鬓胡子;〈美俚〉腮帮子;[化]须晶;
📝 例句
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.
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ 谐音“威死哥”:二哥关羽的胡须威风死了
※ whisper-耳语,whisker-胡子:耳语的时候胡子容易扎到对方
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
whisker
n
1 whiskers [pl]
long hair growing on a man's face 络腮胡子; 连鬓胡子. Cf 参看 beard1 a, moustache 1.
2 [C] any of the long stiff hairs that grow near the mouth of a cat, rat, etc （猫、 鼠等的）须. =>illus at App 1 见附录1插图, page iii.
3 (idm 习语) be the cat's whiskers/pyjamas => cat1. by a `whisker by a very small amount or margin 差一点儿
She missed the first prize by a whisker. 她只差一点儿就能得到头奖了.
🔁 扩展释义
*['hwiskә]n. 腮须, 胡须, 一丝儿【化】 晶须
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I'm worried that something has happened to her.
我担心她出了什么意外。
One of these men was found and he began to tell the story of this family group.
哈利在这些人中找到了一位，他开始谈起了这个家族的历史。
It was beginning to get dark. I think we'd best stay the night here, I said.
天开始变黑。“我看我们最好在这里过夜，”我说，