释义
n.
a long projecting hair or bristle growing from the face or snout of many mammals
须。
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胡须；髯。
a single crystal of a material in the form of a filament with no dislocations
晶须；针状单晶。
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〈非正式〉 少许，少量
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they won the election by a whisker .他们以微弱的优势赢得选举。
短语
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have （或have grown ）whiskers informal （especially of a story） be very old 〈非正式〉 （尤指故事）古老，不再新奇 -
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
词源
"late Middle English （originally denoting a bundle of feathers, twigs, etc., used for whisking）： from the verb