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单词 wisp
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
wisp /wɪsp/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a small bundle of straw or hay.
  2. a thin lock of hair.
  3. a thin puff or streak, as of smoke.
  4. a person or thing that is small or delicate.
wisp•y, adj., -i•er, -i•est. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
wisp  (wisp),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a handful or small bundle of straw, hay, or the like.
  2. any thin tuft, lock, mass, etc.:wisps of hair.
  3. a thin puff or streak, as of smoke;
    slender trace.
  4. a person or thing that is small, delicate, or barely discernible:a mere wisp of a lad; a wisp of a frown.
  5. a whisk broom.
  6. British Terms[Chiefly Brit. Dial.]
    • a pad or twist of straw, as used to rub down a horse.
    • a twisted bit of straw used as a torch.
  7. a will-o'-the-wisp or ignis fatuus.

v.t. 
  1. to twist into a wisp.
  • 1300–50; Middle English wisp, wips; akin to wipe
wisp′like′, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
wisp /wɪsp/ n
  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
Etymology: 14th Century: variant of wips, of obscure origin; compare wipe

ˈwispˌlike adj
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