whisker
英 ['wɪskə]
美 ['wɪskɚ]
助記提示
1. whisk => whisker.
中文詞源
whisker 觸須來自whisk，攪動，用於貓等動物的觸須。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. Unemployment is now a whisker away from three million.
- 現在的失業人數已接近300萬。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. You escaped serious injury by a whisker, so consider yourselves very lucky.
- 你差一點就受重傷, 你應該覺得自己很幸運.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. He missed the first prize by a whisker.
- 他和頭獎擦肩而過.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. They came within a whisker of being killed.
- 他們險些丟了性命.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. A new pet census showed that cats now outnumber dogs by a whisker (7 million to 6.9 million).
- 新的寵物普查顯示出貓的數量略微超過了狗的數量（700萬比690萬）。
來自柯林斯例句