名詞 whisker:

1. a very small distance or space
   同義詞：hair's-breadth, hairsbreadth, hair
2. a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat
   同義詞：vibrissa, sensory hair

動(dòng)詞 whisker:

1. furnish with whiskers
   同義詞：bewhisker

1. The candidate lost the election by a whisker.
   該候選人以微弱劣勢(shì)失去了競(jìng)選
2. He has heavy whiskers.
   他長(zhǎng)著很重的連鬢胡子。

whisk.er

n.（名詞）

whiskers The hair on a man`s cheeks and chin.
whiskers 髯，胡須：男人臉頰及下巴上的毛發(fā)
A single hair of a beard or mustache.
（一根）須：一根絡(luò)腮胡或八字胡的胡須
One of the long stiff tactile bristles or hairs that grow near the mouth and elsewhere on the head of most mammals; a vibrissa.
剛毛，觸須，嘴須：絕大多數(shù)哺乳動(dòng)物的長(zhǎng)在嘴附近或頭部其它位置的長(zhǎng)而硬的觸覺(jué)硬髭或毛發(fā)
Informal A narrow margin; a hairsbreadth:
【非正式用語(yǔ)】 毫厘之差，些微之差：
例句：
The candidate lost the election by a whisker.
該候選人以微弱劣勢(shì)失去了競(jìng)選

Nautical One of two spars or booms projecting from the side of a bowsprit for spreading the jib or flying-jib guys.
【航?！?/i> 左右撐桿：從船首斜桁側(cè)邊支出的兩根圓桿或桅桁下的一根，用于展開(kāi)三角帆或伸開(kāi)三角帆的繩索
Chemistry An extremely fine filamentary crystal with extraordinary shear strength and unusual electrical or surface properties.
【化學(xué)】 強(qiáng)化水晶：一種極度精純的針狀結(jié)晶體，具有超常的剪應(yīng)力及不同尋常的電性及表面屬性

來(lái)源：
Middle English wisker [anything that wisks]
中古英語(yǔ) wisker [用于撣的東西]
from wisken [to whisk] * see whisk
源自 wisken [撣] *參見(jiàn) whisk

【引伸】
whisk.ered 或
whisk.ery
adj.（形容詞）