• n. 小捆；小束
• vt. 把…卷成一捆
• vi. 卷成一捆

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。

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.

1. She's just a little bitty wisp of a girl.

她是一個(gè)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(jiǎn)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》