wisp
英 [wɪsp]
美[wɪsp]
- n. 小捆；小束
- vt. 把…卷成一捆
- vi. 卷成一捆
词态变化
复数: wisps;
助记提示
1. 谐音“围死蒲”-----围死菖蒲。
2. wisp <====> whisk.
2. wisp <====> whisk.
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.
双语例句
- 1. She's just a little bitty wisp of a girl.
- 她是一个很纤弱的小女孩。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. A thin wisp of smoke straggled up through the trees.
- 一缕轻烟在林间袅袅升起。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. She smoothed away a wisp of hair from her eyes.
- 她将眼睛上的一缕头发拨开。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. A wisp of smoke is curling up from a chimney.
- 炊烟旋绕.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》