| 单词 | whisker |
| 释义 | whisker —whiskery, adj. /hwis"keuhr, wis"-/, n. 1. whiskers, a beard. 2. Usually, whiskers. See side whiskers. 3. a single hair of the beard. 4. Archaic. a mustache. 5. one of the long, stiff, bristly hairs growing about the mouth of certain animals, as the cat or rat; vibrissa. 6. Also called whisker boom, whisker pole. Naut. any spar for extending the clew or clews of a sail so that it can catch more wind. 7. Radio , Electronics. See cat whisker. 8. Crystall. a thin filament of a crystal, usually several millimeters long and one to two microns in diameter, having unusually great strength. 9. by a whisker, by the narrowest margin: She won the race by a whisker. [1375-1425; late ME; see WHISK, -ER1] |
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