whisker
n
1 whiskers [pl]
long hair growing on a man´s face 络腮胡子; 连鬓胡子. Cf 参看 beard1 a, moustache 1.
2 [C] any of the long stiff hairs that grow near the mouth of a cat, rat, etc (猫、 鼠等的)须. =>illus at App 1 见附录1插图, page iii.
3 (idm 习语) be the cat´s whiskers/pyjamas => cat1. by a `whisker by a very small amount or margin 差一点儿
She missed the first prize by a whisker. 她只差一点儿就能得到头奖了.