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单词 willo'-the-wispish
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
will-o'-the-wisp /ˈwɪləðəˈwɪsp/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a flickering light seen at night over marshy ground, believed to be caused by the burning of marsh gas.
  2. one that is hard to see or achieve:Peace in that embattled part of the world is just a will-o'-the-wisp.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
will-o'-the-wisp  (wilə ᵺə wisp),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. See ignis fatuus (def. 1).
  2. anything that deludes or misleads by luring on.
  • 1600–10; origin, originally Will (i.e., William) with the wisp; see wisp
willo'-the-wispish;
 [esp. Brit.,] willo'-the-wispy, adj. 


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