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 love you more than my own life, more than my wife, and more than all the world.
我爱你胜过爱我自己的生命、自己的妻子和整个世界。（他哭了。）
The question was, which one?
问题是，哪一种气体导致火灾呢？
Gandhi was thrown off a train and later a mail bus for insisting on travelling in the whites-only section.
旅行时，甘地因为坚持要坐白人座位，曾经先后两次被从一列火车与一辆邮车里扔出来。