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wisp

英 [wɪsp] 美 [wɪsp]

解释

n. 小捆；小束
vt. 把…卷成一捆
vi. 卷成一捆

※ 提供单词"wisp"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

wisp 小捆，小束

可能来自PIE*weis,弯，转，缠绕，来自PIE*wei的扩大形式，词源同wire,wine.用来指小捆，小束干草等。

英文词源

wisp (n.): early 14c., "handful or bundle of hay, grass, etc.," used for burning or cleaning or as a cushion; perhaps from an unrecorded Old English word, cognate with Norwegian and Swedish visp "wisp," of unknown origin; sometimes said to be connected with whisk or with Middle Low German and Middle Dutch wispel "a measure of grain." Meaning "thin, filmy portion" first attested 1836.

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例句和用法

1. She's just a little bitty wisp of a girl.: 她是一个很纤弱的小女孩。

2. A thin wisp of smoke straggled up through the trees.: 一缕轻烟在林间袅袅升起。

3. She smoothed away a wisp of hair from her eyes.: 她将眼睛上的一缕头发拨开。

4. A wisp of grey hair stuck out from under her hat.: 从她的帽子下边露出一绺灰白的头发.

5. A wisp of smoke is curling up from a chimney.: 炊烟旋绕.