单词 | whisker boom |
释义 | whisker boom in British English (ˈwɪskə buːm) noun another name for whisker (sense 5) whisker in British English (ˈwɪskə) noun 1. any of the stiff sensory hairs growing on the face of a cat, rat, or other mammal Technical name: vibrissa2. any of the hairs growing on a person's face, esp on the cheeks or chin 3. (plural) a beard or that part of it growing on the sides of the face 4. (plural) informal a moustache 5. Also called: whisker boom, whisker pole any light spar used for extending the clews of a sail, esp in light airs 6. chemistry a very fine filamentary crystal having greater strength than the bulk material since it is a single crystal. Such crystals often show unusual electrical properties 7. a person or thing that whisks 8. a narrow margin; a small distance he escaped death by a whisker |
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