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。
常用词组 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
派生 whiskered adjective whiskery adjective 语源
late Middle English (originally denoting a bundle of feathers, twigs, etc., used for whisking): from the verb whisk + -er