| 词汇 | wisp |
| 释义 | wisp noun[ C ] uk /wɪsp/ us /wɪsp/ wisp of cloud/smoke/steam a small, thin line of cloud/smoke/steam: 一缕云／烟／蒸汽 A blue wisp of cigarette smoke curled in the air.香烟冒出的一缕青烟在空中缭绕。 wisp of hair, grass, etc. a thin, delicate piece of hair, grass, etc.: 一绺头发／一小束青草（等等） A few wisps of hay still clung to her skirt.她的裙子上仍然粘着几根干草。 soft wisps of baby hair几绺柔软的婴儿头发 Objects - general words affair Americana artefact baby blank column conversation piece doodah entity ephemera extrusion forensics nick-nack non-abstract object phenomenon piece shape snow globe such and such You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Hair wisp | American Dictionarywisp noun[ C ] us/wɪsp/ a delicate, thin, and sometimes twisting piece or line of something: Rita brushed back the stray coppery wisps of hair escaping her braid. A wisp of smoke from the campfire curled in the air. Examples of wispwisp A single narrative sweep, not ten thousand wisps of 24 disinformation. Thin fibrous "wisps" of cirrus are a physical form found only at high altitudes of the tropopshere ("cirriform"). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A brown dot sometimes rests on the base of each of the three wisps. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They were made of wisps of dried grass or leaves. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The characteristic features of cirrus clouds are fine threads or wisps of ice crystals, generally white, but appearing grey when dense and seen against the light. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Beyond this continuous skirt, occasional rays and wisps of light material extent outwards for many more crater diameters. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Described as pushing fifty, with a face life had chewed on, and long wisps of greying hair parted low on one side and combed over his balding pate. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The water came up to a clamp of potatoes and just washed it away like a wisp of straw. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Much of the talk about competition in the industry is a "will of the wisp". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The experiment apparently went very well and the amount of the horse's food was cut down, wisp by wisp. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is talk of the use of subsidies to chase this will-of-the-wisp prestige. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If there is the slightest wisp of good weather, there is a water shortage in about 900 villages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Whether we like it or not, we cannot afford to pursue such will-of-the-wisp policies with such disastrous results. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He therefore arranged that there should be one wisp of hay less for the horse every time it was fed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The experiment was seemingly going triumphantly to succeed when, just as they had got down to the last wisp of hay per day, an unfortunate event happened —the horse died. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of wisp These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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