| 单词 | whisker |
| 释义 | whisker (hwɪskəʳ ) Word forms: whiskers 1. countable noun [usually plural] The whiskers of an animal such as a cat or a mouse are the long stiff hairs that grow near its mouth. 2. plural noun You can refer to the hair on a man's face, especially on the sides of his face, as his whiskers. ...wild, savage-looking fellows, with large whiskers, unshaven beards, and dirty faces. 3. singular noun You can use whisker in expressions such as by a whisker or within a whisker of to indicate that something happened or is true, but only by a very small amount or degree. A new pet census showed that cats now outnumber dogs by a whisker (7 million to 6.9 million). She came within a whisker of taking a gold medal. [+ of] Unemployment is now a whisker away from three million. Idioms: be within a whisker of something to be almost a particular amount Unemployment, at 6.4 per cent of the labour force, is now within a whisker of the rate at which inflation has often started to climb. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers by a whisker if you succeed in doing something by a whisker, you almost fail. If you fail to do something by a whisker, you almost succeed. At the end we lost by a whisker and I feel terribly disappointed. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers come within a whisker of doing something to nearly succeed in doing something. He came within a whisker of scoring a spectacular goal. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers |
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