| [/ˈwɪskə(r); US ˈhwɪ-; ˋhwɪskɚ/] n 用法:
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. 用法:
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. 用法:
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. |