whisker
/ˈhwɪskə(r)/noun
1
- a long projecting hair or bristle growing from the face or snout of many mammals须。
1.1
whiskers
the hair growing on a man's face, especially on his cheeks胡须; 髯。
1.2
- a single crystal of a material in the form of a filament with no dislocations晶须; 针状单晶。
2
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。
短语
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。
派生词
whiskered
adjectivewhiskery
adjective词源
late Middle English （originally denoting a bundle of feathers， twigs， etc., used for whisking）： from the verb WHISK+-ER1 .