whiskers

英 [ˈwɪskəz]

美 [ˈwɪskərz]

n.  (猫、鼠等的)须; 络腮胡子; 连鬓胡子
whisker的复数

化学

柯林斯词典

• (猫、鼠等动物的)胡须
  Thewhiskersof an animal such as a cat or a mouse are the long stiff hairs that grow near its mouth.
• N-PLURAL 连鬓胡子;络腮胡子
  You can refer to the hair on a man's face, especially on the sides of his face, as hiswhiskers.
  1. ...wild, savage-looking fellows, with large whiskers, unshaven beards, and dirty faces.
     长着浓密的络腮胡子，胡须未刮且脸上脏兮兮的看起来很粗野的家伙
• N-SING 微小的数量；一丝；一点儿
  You can usewhiskerin expressions such asby a whiskerorwithin a whisker ofto indicate that something happened or is true, but only by a very small amount or degree.
  1. A new pet census showed that cats now outnumber dogs by a whisker (7 million to 6.9 million)...
     新的宠物普查显示出猫的数量略微超过了狗的数量(700万比690万)。
  2. She came within a whisker of taking a gold medal...
     她离金牌只有一步之遥。
  3. Unemployment is now a whisker away from three million.
     现在的失业人数已接近300万。

英英释义

noun

• the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face
  Synonym:beardface fungus

双语例句

• Mr. Thompson was a tough weather-beaten man with stiff black hair and a week's growth of black whiskers.
  汤普逊先生是个饱经风霜的壮实汉子，头发又硬又黑，黑上髭一个星期没有剃了。
• If its whiskers fit in an opening, the rest of it can.
  如果它的胡须能通过一个地方，它身体的其余部分就能过去。
• His whiskers bristled and his coat-collar stood on end with rage.
  他的须子竖了起来、外套领子也因为愤怒而竖了起来。
• Ah, it became a giant with heavy side whiskers.
  哦~这次又变成个络腮胡子的巨人了。
• See, if you give a woman whiskers and a chapeau ( hat), the woman becomes a cat.
  知道了吗？如果给女人戴上胡须跟帽子，她就变成猫了。
• The animal's whiskers began to twitch.
  那动物的须开始抽动。
• Gradually, I became used to seeing the gentleman with the black whiskers.
  慢慢地，我对于那个有黑连鬓胡子的绅士也看惯了。
• Sea lions are stuffed to the whiskers with squid.
  海狮的嘴里也塞满了墨鱼。
• The synthesis of silicon carbide whiskers by double-heating method using carbon black and SiO_2 powder as raw materials is studied.
  以炭黑和二氧化硅微粉为原料，对双重加热法合成碳化硅晶须进行了研究。
• Give it a little nose and some whiskers.
  给它画一个小鼻子和一些胡须。