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1 whisker
'wiskə1) (in plural a man's moustache, beard and/or sideburns.) bigote, patillas, barba2) ((usually in plural) one of the long hairs between the nose and the mouth of a cat etc.) bigotes•- whiskery
- miss by a whisker
tr['wɪskəSMALLr/SMALL]1 (single hair) pelo (de la barba)1 (man's) patillas nombre femenino plural\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLby a whisker por un pelo, por los pelosto think one is the cat's whiskers ser un creído,-a, ser engreído,-a, creerse el ombligo del mundowhisker ['hwɪskər] n1) : pelo m (de la barba o el bigote)2) whiskers npl: bigotes mpl (de animales)n.• patillas s.f.pl.• pelo de la barba s.m.• pelo del bigote s.m.'hwɪskər, 'wɪskə(r)1)b) ( narrow margin) (no pl) pelo mthey came within a whisker of losing — faltó un pelo or faltó muy poco para que perdieran
2) whiskers pla) ( of animal) bigotes mpl['wɪskǝ(r)]N [of animal] bigote m ; (=hair) pelo mwhiskers — (Zool) bigotes mpl ; (=side whiskers) patillas fpl ; (=beard) barba fsing ; (=moustache) bigote(s) m(pl)
within a whisker of —
he was within a whisker of falling down — le faltó un pelo para caer, faltó un pelo para que cayera
* * *['hwɪskər, 'wɪskə(r)]1)b) ( narrow margin) (no pl) pelo mthey came within a whisker of losing — faltó un pelo or faltó muy poco para que perdieran
2) whiskers pla) ( of animal) bigotes mpl -
2 whisker
['(h)wɪskə]сущ.1) ( whiskers) усы (кошки, тигра и т. п.)2) ( whiskers) уст.; шутл. бакенбарды, баки3) уст.; шутл.а) ( whiskers) бородаб) волос бороды4) разг. малое количество или расстояниеSchmidt finished second, losing by a whisker in the final event. — Шмидт финишировал вторым, уступив на финальном этапе очень незначительное время.
The roof tile missed me by a whisker. — Черепица с крыши упала всего лишь на волосок от меня.
They came within a whisker of being killed. — Они были на волоске от насильственной смерти.
••to have whiskers — разг. быть старым, неновым, "с бородой" (об истории, анекдоте т. п.)
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