whisker
英 ['wɪskə]
美 ['wɪskɚ]
助记提示
1. whisk => whisker.
中文词源
whisker 触须来自whisk，搅动，用于猫等动物的触须。
英文词源
- whisker (n.)
- "hair of a man's face" (usually plural), c. 1600, originally a playful formation, from Middle English wisker "anything that whisks or sweeps" (early 15c.), agent noun from whisk (v.). In reference to animal lip hair, recorded from 1670s. Related: Whiskered; whiskers.
双语例句
- 1. Unemployment is now a whisker away from three million.
- 现在的失业人数已接近300万。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. He missed the first prize by a whisker.
- 他和头奖擦肩而过.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. They came within a whisker of being killed.
- 他们险些丟了性命.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. 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）。
来自柯林斯例句