whisker
名词
UK/ˈwɪs.kəʳ/
US/ˈwɪs.kɚ/
定义 whisker 名词
- Countable
one of the long, stiff hairs that grow on the face of a mammal, such as a cat or a mouse
The cat used its whiskers to feel the width of the narrow space.
The mouse's whiskers helped it navigate in the dark.
He noticed that his elderly dog's whiskers were starting to turn white.
片语 whisker 名词
- whiskers
The hair that grows on a man's face, particularly on the sides of the face or the lower part of the chin.
• He trims his whiskers every morning.
成语
- by a whisker
By a very small margin or degree.
• They won the race by a whisker.
- come within a whisker of (doing) something
To almost succeed in doing something, or for something to almost happen to someone.
• He came within a whisker of winning the race, but ultimately lost.