Definition of whisker in English:

whisker

noun ˈwɪskəˈ(h)wɪskər

1A long projecting hair or bristle growing from the face or snout of many mammals.
须
Example sentencesExamples
- Every once in a while, particularly when I take out clothes that I haven't worn since our move, I find a cat whisker or a dog hair.
- Discovered in Laos, Southeast Asia, the animal is described as an ‘oddball rodent’ with long whiskers, stubby legs, and a furry tail.
- Another notable mode of sensation in cats are whiskers, or vibrissae.
- Nocturnal animals, binturongs do most of their hunting at night, using their long whiskers as ‘tools’ for sensing food.
- The entire area under the tree was soaked and the dog was muddy from the whiskers on his cheeks to the bottom of his short tail.
- The cat obediently came and sat at her feet, his whiskers brushing her throat.
- He thinks the seals may detect prey by means of their whiskers, detecting the ‘wake’ of fish as they pass by.
- Padded feet, keen night vision and sensitive whiskers enable silent movement through dense undergrowth at night.
- Both the bobcat and lynx have sideburn cheek whiskers and beards.
- Traders sell tiger products such as skin, teeth, claws and whiskers, mostly as ingredients in traditional Chinese medicines.
- Smooth-coated otters are agile in the water and on land and use their sensitive whiskers to detect water disturbances.
- Looking into her eyes and reaching up a bit nervously, I take my hand and rub the backs of my fingers through the soft downy fur of her cheek, avoiding her whiskers which might be sensitive, and the blood on her muzzle.
- Eyeballs, whiskers, blood and even tiger nose are among the parts used for their perceived curative properties.
- I'm an extremely light sleeper, and once woken - even by the faint brush of our kitten's whiskers on my arm - I stay that way.
- The bearded pig is distinguished by its elongated head, narrow body, and abundant chin whiskers.
- They are able to sense very minute vibrations in the ground, and feel their way through total darkness with their paws and whiskers.
- It has a nose like a dog's, teeth like a leopard's, and whiskers like an otter's.
- Finally, the cat sat in the middle of the street washing himself, lifting first one paw and then the other to clean his ears and whiskers.
- Tiger whiskers, eyes, brains, tails, and bones, in particular, are used in traditional remedies believed to cure ailments ranging from toothache to epilepsy.
- Long-tailed weasels have a small, narrow head with long whiskers.
Synonyms
hair
1. 1.1whiskers The hair growing on a man's face, especially on his cheeks.
  胡须；髯
  Example sentencesExamples
  A wiry old man appeared, a bit shorter than average height, sporting a button-collar and sleeves over small pot-belly and mutton-chop whiskers from the decades past.
  His red eyebrows and sandy whiskers suggest a Scot or Irish background, which carries some particular negative associations for a 19th-century audience.
  The Emperor Franz Josef favoured equally luxuriant mutton-chop whiskers - effectively a beard, with the chin shaven.
  Since the mustache part of General Burnside's invention was nothing new, the cheek whiskers became known as ‘Burnsides’ and enjoyed a certain vogue among men of the day.
  If we closed our eyes, we could almost see men with mutton-chop whiskers and stem expressions, and women with cinched waists and skirts with floor-sweeping trains.
  He was a stout older Scot by the name of Ian, with whiskers of a beard, and a rough voice, but had a kind heart.
  He wore a checkered cloak over a sweater or two and heavy trousers, sported a full dark moustache and whiskers, he seemed a pensive type, sallow-faced and quiet.
  Abraham Lincoln grew his whiskers in the months between his election and inauguration, making full beards ubiquitous during the Civil War that dominated his presidency.
  While Peter's normal hairstyle wasn't changed in any way, he was given whiskers and a moustache.
  The examiner was a Dr Bull, an elderly anatomy lecturer of rather Victorian appearance, with mutton-chop whiskers and beetling eyebrows.
  Thick, bristly, black whiskers that covered the lower half of his face told the two shipmates that he hadn't shaved in a long while.
  Mr. Gershwin, a rather catlike man with an intelligent face and bristly whiskers, began.
  His uniform - the one he'd always worn - was green with age and his whiskers were grey and bristly.
  Synonyms
  facial hair, whiskers, stubble, designer stubble, five o'clock shadow, bristles
2a whiskerinformal 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。
Example sentencesExamples
- This year, for example, the amount given to Republicans is just a whisker more than $1 million.
- While its volumes are down, it managed to increase its segment share, if only by a whisker.
- All parties cancelled their final rallies, and the next day the Blue camp, which had started with a comfortable lead in the polls, lost by a whisker - some 30,000 votes, or 0.2 percent of the vote.
- I intuit Blair will win the election by a whisker.
- This release just missed the cut on the last missive by a whisker and a bit.
3A single crystal of a material in the form of a filament with no dislocations.
晶须；针状单晶
Example sentencesExamples
- The particles may be carbon fibers, carbon black, carbon whiskers, coated hollow microspheres, or a combination thereof.
- Chlamydomonas strains were transformed according to the silicon carbide whisker method of DUNAHAY 1993, with the following modifications.
- However, these materials were still too weak to support their own weight without tapering, although in the case of graphite whiskers the taper ratio was a more manageable 100.

Phrases

have (or have grown) whiskers

informal (especially of a story) be very old.
〈非正式〉（尤指故事）古老，不再新奇
Example sentencesExamples
- The contents are usually tacky rubbish - a big coloured paper hat which you wear, a very cheap plastic toy made in Hong Kong, and a joke so old it has whiskers bigger than Santa Claus's.
- There is scant joy to be derived from a joke that has grown whiskers.
- This business of being a multiculturalist has whiskers on it already.

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
Jarvis came within a whisker of winning the game
Example sentencesExamples
- To date, the stunning 23-year-old has come within a whisker of winning the Sunday Life Cover Girl Competition.
- As a result of those finds, Cairn's shares have risen in steady steps from £4 to within a whisker of £15 today.
- He said the SRA wanted to scrap the route to shave a couple of minutes off the Manchester to London journey time, bringing it within a whisker of two hours.
- Having reached the last 32 of the Boddingtons team darts championship, the Swan & Railway from Radcliffe came within a whisker of taking the top prize.
- Last week the Daily Star's circulation came within a whisker of the million mark, a new benchmark for the tabloid, which has boosted sales with giveaways including bags of chips and free betting.
- Premier Nick Greiner played up his substantial lead in the polls and subsequently found himself within a whisker of losing government.
- The North Yorkshire Under 18s came within a whisker of ending Merseyside's domination when they were pipped 25-24.
- As the center's initial three-year grant drew to a close, CTFA came within a whisker of pulling its support.
- They were, he continued, within a whisker of making it through to the All Ireland semi-finals when they had victory snatched from their grasp.
- The judge told him: ‘You came within a whisker of custody.’

Derivatives

whiskered

adjective ˈwɪskədˈ(h)wɪskərd

Occasionally I would be rewarded with a wee, twitching, whiskered snout poking out of the little yellow house.
Example sentencesExamples
- The endearing Eastern Barred Bandicoot is a small animal characterised by a slender, elongated head tapering to a pink nose and well whiskered muzzle.
- Rivalling the film's spectacular scenery for radiant, wintry beauty, Nicole Kidman plays Ada, pitching up in the town of Cold Mountain with her preacher pappy - a white whiskered Donald Sutherland.
- For most of his career, the 69-year-old stage and TV actor has specialised in playing older character parts - more often than not the kind of fearsomely whiskered old coves who look like they'd be pretty handy with a blunderbuss.
- When a white van with two more whiskered men pulled up to the huddle, Sergeant Tommy Wright stepped out of his gold Ford Explorer.

whiskery

adjective ˈwɪskəriˈwɪsk(ə)ri

A fat, whiskery man relaxing on the bridge introduced himself as ‘Casper - the friendly Second Officer’.
Example sentencesExamples
- When I got back to the table I stood behind Papa, slipped my arms around his neck and bending down kissed his whiskery cheek.
- The headlights stagelit him standing there, a scruffy, whiskery, old man all alone in the doorway, talking to himself.
- She missed his whiskery chin when he kissed her forehead goodnight.
- For many people the word ‘geologist’ is apt to conjure up images of whiskery Victorian fossil collectors clad in heavy tweeds.

Origin

Late Middle English (originally denoting a bundle of feathers, twigs, etc., used for whisking): from the verb whisk + -er¹.

A whisker was originally a bundle of twigs used to whisk with. It was used for facial hair, particularly a moustache from about 1600, presumably because of some perceived similarity, and only used of animals at the end of the 17th century. Cat's whisker was used for the wire used to tune an early crystal radio set at the start of the 20th century. The card game whist was originally called whisk when it came in during the mid 17th century.

Rhymes

frisker

Definition of whisker in US English:

whisker

nounˈ(h)wiskərˈ(h)wɪskər

1A long projecting hair or bristle growing from the face or snout of many mammals.
须
Example sentencesExamples
- They are able to sense very minute vibrations in the ground, and feel their way through total darkness with their paws and whiskers.
- It has a nose like a dog's, teeth like a leopard's, and whiskers like an otter's.
- Traders sell tiger products such as skin, teeth, claws and whiskers, mostly as ingredients in traditional Chinese medicines.
- Finally, the cat sat in the middle of the street washing himself, lifting first one paw and then the other to clean his ears and whiskers.
- The entire area under the tree was soaked and the dog was muddy from the whiskers on his cheeks to the bottom of his short tail.
- Nocturnal animals, binturongs do most of their hunting at night, using their long whiskers as ‘tools’ for sensing food.
- Eyeballs, whiskers, blood and even tiger nose are among the parts used for their perceived curative properties.
- Every once in a while, particularly when I take out clothes that I haven't worn since our move, I find a cat whisker or a dog hair.
- Smooth-coated otters are agile in the water and on land and use their sensitive whiskers to detect water disturbances.
- The bearded pig is distinguished by its elongated head, narrow body, and abundant chin whiskers.
- I'm an extremely light sleeper, and once woken - even by the faint brush of our kitten's whiskers on my arm - I stay that way.
- Long-tailed weasels have a small, narrow head with long whiskers.
- Both the bobcat and lynx have sideburn cheek whiskers and beards.
- Padded feet, keen night vision and sensitive whiskers enable silent movement through dense undergrowth at night.
- Looking into her eyes and reaching up a bit nervously, I take my hand and rub the backs of my fingers through the soft downy fur of her cheek, avoiding her whiskers which might be sensitive, and the blood on her muzzle.
- Discovered in Laos, Southeast Asia, the animal is described as an ‘oddball rodent’ with long whiskers, stubby legs, and a furry tail.
- Tiger whiskers, eyes, brains, tails, and bones, in particular, are used in traditional remedies believed to cure ailments ranging from toothache to epilepsy.
- Another notable mode of sensation in cats are whiskers, or vibrissae.
- The cat obediently came and sat at her feet, his whiskers brushing her throat.
- He thinks the seals may detect prey by means of their whiskers, detecting the ‘wake’ of fish as they pass by.
Synonyms
hair
1. 1.1whiskers The hair growing on a man's face, especially on his cheeks.
  胡须；髯
  Example sentencesExamples
  He was a stout older Scot by the name of Ian, with whiskers of a beard, and a rough voice, but had a kind heart.
  Abraham Lincoln grew his whiskers in the months between his election and inauguration, making full beards ubiquitous during the Civil War that dominated his presidency.
  His red eyebrows and sandy whiskers suggest a Scot or Irish background, which carries some particular negative associations for a 19th-century audience.
  The Emperor Franz Josef favoured equally luxuriant mutton-chop whiskers - effectively a beard, with the chin shaven.
  Thick, bristly, black whiskers that covered the lower half of his face told the two shipmates that he hadn't shaved in a long while.
  He wore a checkered cloak over a sweater or two and heavy trousers, sported a full dark moustache and whiskers, he seemed a pensive type, sallow-faced and quiet.
  Mr. Gershwin, a rather catlike man with an intelligent face and bristly whiskers, began.
  Since the mustache part of General Burnside's invention was nothing new, the cheek whiskers became known as ‘Burnsides’ and enjoyed a certain vogue among men of the day.
  His uniform - the one he'd always worn - was green with age and his whiskers were grey and bristly.
  The examiner was a Dr Bull, an elderly anatomy lecturer of rather Victorian appearance, with mutton-chop whiskers and beetling eyebrows.
  A wiry old man appeared, a bit shorter than average height, sporting a button-collar and sleeves over small pot-belly and mutton-chop whiskers from the decades past.
  While Peter's normal hairstyle wasn't changed in any way, he was given whiskers and a moustache.
  If we closed our eyes, we could almost see men with mutton-chop whiskers and stem expressions, and women with cinched waists and skirts with floor-sweeping trains.
  Synonyms
  facial hair, whiskers, stubble, designer stubble, five o'clock shadow, bristles
2a whiskerinformal 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。
Example sentencesExamples
- This release just missed the cut on the last missive by a whisker and a bit.
- I intuit Blair will win the election by a whisker.
- While its volumes are down, it managed to increase its segment share, if only by a whisker.
- This year, for example, the amount given to Republicans is just a whisker more than $1 million.
- All parties cancelled their final rallies, and the next day the Blue camp, which had started with a comfortable lead in the polls, lost by a whisker - some 30,000 votes, or 0.2 percent of the vote.
3A single crystal of a material in the form of a filament with no dislocations.
晶须；针状单晶
Example sentencesExamples
- However, these materials were still too weak to support their own weight without tapering, although in the case of graphite whiskers the taper ratio was a more manageable 100.
- The particles may be carbon fibers, carbon black, carbon whiskers, coated hollow microspheres, or a combination thereof.
- Chlamydomonas strains were transformed according to the silicon carbide whisker method of DUNAHAY 1993, with the following modifications.
4A spar for extending the clews of a sail so that it can catch more wind.
Example sentencesExamples
- Between the whiskers and the fore-mast.

Phrases

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
Example sentencesExamples
- To date, the stunning 23-year-old has come within a whisker of winning the Sunday Life Cover Girl Competition.
- Having reached the last 32 of the Boddingtons team darts championship, the Swan & Railway from Radcliffe came within a whisker of taking the top prize.
- As the center's initial three-year grant drew to a close, CTFA came within a whisker of pulling its support.
- He said the SRA wanted to scrap the route to shave a couple of minutes off the Manchester to London journey time, bringing it within a whisker of two hours.
- They were, he continued, within a whisker of making it through to the All Ireland semi-finals when they had victory snatched from their grasp.
- Premier Nick Greiner played up his substantial lead in the polls and subsequently found himself within a whisker of losing government.
- The judge told him: ‘You came within a whisker of custody.’
- Last week the Daily Star's circulation came within a whisker of the million mark, a new benchmark for the tabloid, which has boosted sales with giveaways including bags of chips and free betting.
- The North Yorkshire Under 18s came within a whisker of ending Merseyside's domination when they were pipped 25-24.
- As a result of those finds, Cairn's shares have risen in steady steps from £4 to within a whisker of £15 today.

Origin

Late Middle English (originally denoting a bundle of feathers, twigs, etc., used for whisking): from the verb whisk + -er.

词汇	whisker
释义	Definition of whisker in English: whisker noun ˈwɪskəˈ(h)wɪskər 1A long projecting hair or bristle growing from the face or snout of many mammals. 须 Example sentencesExamples Every once in a while, particularly when I take out clothes that I haven't worn since our move, I find a cat whisker or a dog hair. Discovered in Laos, Southeast Asia, the animal is described as an ‘oddball rodent’ with long whiskers, stubby legs, and a furry tail. Another notable mode of sensation in cats are whiskers, or vibrissae. Nocturnal animals, binturongs do most of their hunting at night, using their long whiskers as ‘tools’ for sensing food. The entire area under the tree was soaked and the dog was muddy from the whiskers on his cheeks to the bottom of his short tail. The cat obediently came and sat at her feet, his whiskers brushing her throat. He thinks the seals may detect prey by means of their whiskers, detecting the ‘wake’ of fish as they pass by. Padded feet, keen night vision and sensitive whiskers enable silent movement through dense undergrowth at night. Both the bobcat and lynx have sideburn cheek whiskers and beards. Traders sell tiger products such as skin, teeth, claws and whiskers, mostly as ingredients in traditional Chinese medicines. Smooth-coated otters are agile in the water and on land and use their sensitive whiskers to detect water disturbances. Looking into her eyes and reaching up a bit nervously, I take my hand and rub the backs of my fingers through the soft downy fur of her cheek, avoiding her whiskers which might be sensitive, and the blood on her muzzle. Eyeballs, whiskers, blood and even tiger nose are among the parts used for their perceived curative properties. I'm an extremely light sleeper, and once woken - even by the faint brush of our kitten's whiskers on my arm - I stay that way. The bearded pig is distinguished by its elongated head, narrow body, and abundant chin whiskers. They are able to sense very minute vibrations in the ground, and feel their way through total darkness with their paws and whiskers. It has a nose like a dog's, teeth like a leopard's, and whiskers like an otter's. Finally, the cat sat in the middle of the street washing himself, lifting first one paw and then the other to clean his ears and whiskers. Tiger whiskers, eyes, brains, tails, and bones, in particular, are used in traditional remedies believed to cure ailments ranging from toothache to epilepsy. Long-tailed weasels have a small, narrow head with long whiskers. Synonyms hair 1.1whiskers The hair growing on a man's face, especially on his cheeks. 胡须；髯 Example sentencesExamples A wiry old man appeared, a bit shorter than average height, sporting a button-collar and sleeves over small pot-belly and mutton-chop whiskers from the decades past. His red eyebrows and sandy whiskers suggest a Scot or Irish background, which carries some particular negative associations for a 19th-century audience. The Emperor Franz Josef favoured equally luxuriant mutton-chop whiskers - effectively a beard, with the chin shaven. Since the mustache part of General Burnside's invention was nothing new, the cheek whiskers became known as ‘Burnsides’ and enjoyed a certain vogue among men of the day. If we closed our eyes, we could almost see men with mutton-chop whiskers and stem expressions, and women with cinched waists and skirts with floor-sweeping trains. He was a stout older Scot by the name of Ian, with whiskers of a beard, and a rough voice, but had a kind heart. He wore a checkered cloak over a sweater or two and heavy trousers, sported a full dark moustache and whiskers, he seemed a pensive type, sallow-faced and quiet. Abraham Lincoln grew his whiskers in the months between his election and inauguration, making full beards ubiquitous during the Civil War that dominated his presidency. While Peter's normal hairstyle wasn't changed in any way, he was given whiskers and a moustache. The examiner was a Dr Bull, an elderly anatomy lecturer of rather Victorian appearance, with mutton-chop whiskers and beetling eyebrows. Thick, bristly, black whiskers that covered the lower half of his face told the two shipmates that he hadn't shaved in a long while. Mr. Gershwin, a rather catlike man with an intelligent face and bristly whiskers, began. His uniform - the one he'd always worn - was green with age and his whiskers were grey and bristly. Synonyms facial hair, whiskers, stubble, designer stubble, five o'clock shadow, bristles 2a whiskerinformal 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。 Example sentencesExamples This year, for example, the amount given to Republicans is just a whisker more than $1 million. While its volumes are down, it managed to increase its segment share, if only by a whisker. All parties cancelled their final rallies, and the next day the Blue camp, which had started with a comfortable lead in the polls, lost by a whisker - some 30,000 votes, or 0.2 percent of the vote. I intuit Blair will win the election by a whisker. This release just missed the cut on the last missive by a whisker and a bit. 3A single crystal of a material in the form of a filament with no dislocations. 晶须；针状单晶 Example sentencesExamples The particles may be carbon fibers, carbon black, carbon whiskers, coated hollow microspheres, or a combination thereof. Chlamydomonas strains were transformed according to the silicon carbide whisker method of DUNAHAY 1993, with the following modifications. However, these materials were still too weak to support their own weight without tapering, although in the case of graphite whiskers the taper ratio was a more manageable 100. Phrases have (or have grown) whiskers informal (especially of a story) be very old. 〈非正式〉（尤指故事）古老，不再新奇 Example sentencesExamples The contents are usually tacky rubbish - a big coloured paper hat which you wear, a very cheap plastic toy made in Hong Kong, and a joke so old it has whiskers bigger than Santa Claus's. There is scant joy to be derived from a joke that has grown whiskers. This business of being a multiculturalist has whiskers on it already. 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 Jarvis came within a whisker of winning the game Example sentencesExamples To date, the stunning 23-year-old has come within a whisker of winning the Sunday Life Cover Girl Competition. As a result of those finds, Cairn's shares have risen in steady steps from £4 to within a whisker of £15 today. He said the SRA wanted to scrap the route to shave a couple of minutes off the Manchester to London journey time, bringing it within a whisker of two hours. Having reached the last 32 of the Boddingtons team darts championship, the Swan & Railway from Radcliffe came within a whisker of taking the top prize. Last week the Daily Star's circulation came within a whisker of the million mark, a new benchmark for the tabloid, which has boosted sales with giveaways including bags of chips and free betting. Premier Nick Greiner played up his substantial lead in the polls and subsequently found himself within a whisker of losing government. The North Yorkshire Under 18s came within a whisker of ending Merseyside's domination when they were pipped 25-24. As the center's initial three-year grant drew to a close, CTFA came within a whisker of pulling its support. They were, he continued, within a whisker of making it through to the All Ireland semi-finals when they had victory snatched from their grasp. The judge told him: ‘You came within a whisker of custody.’ Derivatives whiskered adjective ˈwɪskədˈ(h)wɪskərd Occasionally I would be rewarded with a wee, twitching, whiskered snout poking out of the little yellow house. Example sentencesExamples The endearing Eastern Barred Bandicoot is a small animal characterised by a slender, elongated head tapering to a pink nose and well whiskered muzzle. Rivalling the film's spectacular scenery for radiant, wintry beauty, Nicole Kidman plays Ada, pitching up in the town of Cold Mountain with her preacher pappy - a white whiskered Donald Sutherland. For most of his career, the 69-year-old stage and TV actor has specialised in playing older character parts - more often than not the kind of fearsomely whiskered old coves who look like they'd be pretty handy with a blunderbuss. When a white van with two more whiskered men pulled up to the huddle, Sergeant Tommy Wright stepped out of his gold Ford Explorer. whiskery adjective ˈwɪskəriˈwɪsk(ə)ri A fat, whiskery man relaxing on the bridge introduced himself as ‘Casper - the friendly Second Officer’. Example sentencesExamples When I got back to the table I stood behind Papa, slipped my arms around his neck and bending down kissed his whiskery cheek. The headlights stagelit him standing there, a scruffy, whiskery, old man all alone in the doorway, talking to himself. She missed his whiskery chin when he kissed her forehead goodnight. For many people the word ‘geologist’ is apt to conjure up images of whiskery Victorian fossil collectors clad in heavy tweeds. Origin Late Middle English (originally denoting a bundle of feathers, twigs, etc., used for whisking): from the verb whisk + -er¹. A whisker was originally a bundle of twigs used to whisk with. It was used for facial hair, particularly a moustache from about 1600, presumably because of some perceived similarity, and only used of animals at the end of the 17th century. Cat's whisker was used for the wire used to tune an early crystal radio set at the start of the 20th century. The card game whist was originally called whisk when it came in during the mid 17th century. Rhymes frisker noun.1 phr. Definition of whisker in US English: whisker nounˈ(h)wiskərˈ(h)wɪskər 1A long projecting hair or bristle growing from the face or snout of many mammals. 须 Example sentencesExamples They are able to sense very minute vibrations in the ground, and feel their way through total darkness with their paws and whiskers. It has a nose like a dog's, teeth like a leopard's, and whiskers like an otter's. Traders sell tiger products such as skin, teeth, claws and whiskers, mostly as ingredients in traditional Chinese medicines. Finally, the cat sat in the middle of the street washing himself, lifting first one paw and then the other to clean his ears and whiskers. The entire area under the tree was soaked and the dog was muddy from the whiskers on his cheeks to the bottom of his short tail. Nocturnal animals, binturongs do most of their hunting at night, using their long whiskers as ‘tools’ for sensing food. Eyeballs, whiskers, blood and even tiger nose are among the parts used for their perceived curative properties. Every once in a while, particularly when I take out clothes that I haven't worn since our move, I find a cat whisker or a dog hair. Smooth-coated otters are agile in the water and on land and use their sensitive whiskers to detect water disturbances. The bearded pig is distinguished by its elongated head, narrow body, and abundant chin whiskers. I'm an extremely light sleeper, and once woken - even by the faint brush of our kitten's whiskers on my arm - I stay that way. Long-tailed weasels have a small, narrow head with long whiskers. Both the bobcat and lynx have sideburn cheek whiskers and beards. Padded feet, keen night vision and sensitive whiskers enable silent movement through dense undergrowth at night. Looking into her eyes and reaching up a bit nervously, I take my hand and rub the backs of my fingers through the soft downy fur of her cheek, avoiding her whiskers which might be sensitive, and the blood on her muzzle. Discovered in Laos, Southeast Asia, the animal is described as an ‘oddball rodent’ with long whiskers, stubby legs, and a furry tail. Tiger whiskers, eyes, brains, tails, and bones, in particular, are used in traditional remedies believed to cure ailments ranging from toothache to epilepsy. Another notable mode of sensation in cats are whiskers, or vibrissae. The cat obediently came and sat at her feet, his whiskers brushing her throat. He thinks the seals may detect prey by means of their whiskers, detecting the ‘wake’ of fish as they pass by. Synonyms hair 1.1whiskers The hair growing on a man's face, especially on his cheeks. 胡须；髯 Example sentencesExamples He was a stout older Scot by the name of Ian, with whiskers of a beard, and a rough voice, but had a kind heart. Abraham Lincoln grew his whiskers in the months between his election and inauguration, making full beards ubiquitous during the Civil War that dominated his presidency. His red eyebrows and sandy whiskers suggest a Scot or Irish background, which carries some particular negative associations for a 19th-century audience. The Emperor Franz Josef favoured equally luxuriant mutton-chop whiskers - effectively a beard, with the chin shaven. Thick, bristly, black whiskers that covered the lower half of his face told the two shipmates that he hadn't shaved in a long while. He wore a checkered cloak over a sweater or two and heavy trousers, sported a full dark moustache and whiskers, he seemed a pensive type, sallow-faced and quiet. Mr. Gershwin, a rather catlike man with an intelligent face and bristly whiskers, began. Since the mustache part of General Burnside's invention was nothing new, the cheek whiskers became known as ‘Burnsides’ and enjoyed a certain vogue among men of the day. His uniform - the one he'd always worn - was green with age and his whiskers were grey and bristly. The examiner was a Dr Bull, an elderly anatomy lecturer of rather Victorian appearance, with mutton-chop whiskers and beetling eyebrows. A wiry old man appeared, a bit shorter than average height, sporting a button-collar and sleeves over small pot-belly and mutton-chop whiskers from the decades past. While Peter's normal hairstyle wasn't changed in any way, he was given whiskers and a moustache. If we closed our eyes, we could almost see men with mutton-chop whiskers and stem expressions, and women with cinched waists and skirts with floor-sweeping trains. Synonyms facial hair, whiskers, stubble, designer stubble, five o'clock shadow, bristles 2a whiskerinformal 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。 Example sentencesExamples This release just missed the cut on the last missive by a whisker and a bit. I intuit Blair will win the election by a whisker. While its volumes are down, it managed to increase its segment share, if only by a whisker. This year, for example, the amount given to Republicans is just a whisker more than $1 million. All parties cancelled their final rallies, and the next day the Blue camp, which had started with a comfortable lead in the polls, lost by a whisker - some 30,000 votes, or 0.2 percent of the vote. 3A single crystal of a material in the form of a filament with no dislocations. 晶须；针状单晶 Example sentencesExamples However, these materials were still too weak to support their own weight without tapering, although in the case of graphite whiskers the taper ratio was a more manageable 100. The particles may be carbon fibers, carbon black, carbon whiskers, coated hollow microspheres, or a combination thereof. Chlamydomonas strains were transformed according to the silicon carbide whisker method of DUNAHAY 1993, with the following modifications. 4A spar for extending the clews of a sail so that it can catch more wind. Example sentencesExamples Between the whiskers and the fore-mast. Phrases 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 Example sentencesExamples To date, the stunning 23-year-old has come within a whisker of winning the Sunday Life Cover Girl Competition. Having reached the last 32 of the Boddingtons team darts championship, the Swan & Railway from Radcliffe came within a whisker of taking the top prize. As the center's initial three-year grant drew to a close, CTFA came within a whisker of pulling its support. He said the SRA wanted to scrap the route to shave a couple of minutes off the Manchester to London journey time, bringing it within a whisker of two hours. They were, he continued, within a whisker of making it through to the All Ireland semi-finals when they had victory snatched from their grasp. Premier Nick Greiner played up his substantial lead in the polls and subsequently found himself within a whisker of losing government. The judge told him: ‘You came within a whisker of custody.’ Last week the Daily Star's circulation came within a whisker of the million mark, a new benchmark for the tabloid, which has boosted sales with giveaways including bags of chips and free betting. The North Yorkshire Under 18s came within a whisker of ending Merseyside's domination when they were pipped 25-24. As a result of those finds, Cairn's shares have risen in steady steps from £4 to within a whisker of £15 today. Origin Late Middle English (originally denoting a bundle of feathers, twigs, etc., used for whisking): from the verb whisk + -er. noun.1 phr.
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