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(yǔ)例句
1. She's just a little bitty wisp of a girl.
她是一個(gè)很纖弱的小女孩。
來(lái)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(lái)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(kāi)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
4. A wisp of grey hair stuck out from under her hat.