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。
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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
"late Middle English (originally denoting a bundle of feathers, twigs, etc., used for whisking): from the verb