单词 | wisp |
释义 | Word Frequency wisp(wɪsp) noun 1. a thin, light, delicate, or fibrous piece or strand, such as a streak of smoke or a lock of hair 2. a small bundle, as of hay or straw 3. anything slender and delicate a wisp of a girl 4. a mere suggestion or hint 5. a flock of birds, esp snipe verb 6. (intransitive; often foll by away) to move or act like a wisp 7. (transitive) mainly British dialect to twist into a wisp 8. (transitive) mainly British to groom (a horse) with a wisp of straw, etc Derived forms wisplike (ˈwispˌlike) adjective Word origin C14: variant of wips, of obscure origin; compare wipeWord Frequency WISP(wɪsp) noun acronym for Wireless Information Service Provider: an internet service provider set up to deal with and deliver internet services to clients through wireless access points |
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