wisp
英 [w?sp]
美[w?sp]
- n. 小捆；小束
- vt. 把…卷成一捆
- vi. 卷成一捆
TEM8低頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?wisps;
助記提示
1. 諧音“圍死蒲”-----圍死菖蒲。
2. wisp <====> whisk.
2. wisp <====> whisk.
中文詞源
wisp 小捆，小束
可能來自PIE*weis,彎，轉(zhuǎn)，纏繞，來自PIE*wei的擴(kuò)大形式，詞源同wire,wine.用來指小捆，小束干草等。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. She's just a little bitty wisp of a girl.
- 她是一個很纖弱的小女孩。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. A thin wisp of smoke straggled up through the trees.
- 一縷輕煙在林間裊裊升起。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. She smoothed away a wisp of hair from her eyes.
- 她將眼睛上的一縷頭發(fā)撥開。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. A wisp of grey hair stuck out from under her hat.
- 從她的帽子下邊露出一綹灰白的頭發(fā).
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. A wisp of smoke is curling up from a chimney.
- 炊煙旋繞.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》