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

• His red whiskers were dyed of a purple hue.
  他的红髯子染成了紫色。
• 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。
• The long whiskers on a cat's face are coarse hairs.
  猫脸上的长胡须是粗毛。
• She is very old now, with little, round, wire-rimmed glasses and whiskers sprouting from her chin
  她现在很老了，戴着圆圆的金属架小眼镜，下巴上还长出了胡须。
• Both upper side and subiculum have brown whiskers and look good.
  上披和下托边边都有棕须，十分耐看。
• Ah, it became a giant with heavy side whiskers.
  哦~这次又变成个络腮胡子的巨人了。
• Sea lions are stuffed to the whiskers with squid.
  海狮的嘴里也塞满了墨鱼。
• He is a broad-shouldered and big faced stout guy with thick whiskers.
  他是一个宽肩膀大脸盘身材结实，长着浓密的络腮胡子的家伙。
• Strengthening of silicon carbide whiskers and particle dispersion were both used to improve the performances of alumina ceramic.
  运用品须补强和粒子弥散双重手段，对氧化铝材料的性能进行改进。