whiskery

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A whiskey distillery. rare
    — […]where the house of God was hidden by whiskeries, wineries, and breweries that were built against it.
形容词 adj.
  1. Having whiskers.
    — [T]he old lady is as ugly as any woman in the parish, and as tall and whiskery as a Grenadier.
  2. Having protrusions resembling whiskers.
    — Smiling, he gave us a salute, turned his horse and rode down the trail, through the high hairy weeds and whiskery flowers thriving among the rocks and faded ruts of the road.
  3. Resembling whiskers.
    — […] all the white trees, tall like poles, that went up and up to where, right at the top, among whiskery branches, were bits of blue that were the sky.
  4. Involving or caused by whiskers.
    — He bent his great, shaggy head over Harry and gave him what must have been a very scratchy, whiskery kiss.
  5. Old. UK,humorous
    — It is, of course, the most whiskery old cliché, but clichés usually have their basis in fact, and this one certainly does: Historically, the French have paid extraordinary—some would say excessive—attention to what they eat and how they eat it.

词形变化

more whiskery comparative most whiskery superlative whiskeries plural

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English whisker
English -y
English whiskery
From whisker + -y.
词源 2
From whiskey/whisky + -ery.
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