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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- wisp [wɪsp] [wɪsp]
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1.
noun
小捆；小把
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2.
noun
一缕；一片
- a wisp of smoke
- 一缕烟
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3.
noun
纤弱的人；细微的东西
- a wisp of a girl
- 瘦小的女孩
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4.
noun
【同义词】will-o'-the-wisp
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5.
vt.
把…捆成小把
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1.
noun
小捆；小把
Collins English-English Dictionary
- wisp [wɪsp]
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1.
n
a thin, light, delicate, or fibrous piece or strand, such as a streak of smoke or a lock of hair
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2.
n
a small bundle, as of hay or straw
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3.
n
anything slender and delicate
- a wisp of a girl
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4.
n
a mere suggestion or hint
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5.
n
a flock of birds, esp snipe
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6.
vi.
[intr;
often foll by away] to move or act like a wisp -
7.
vt.
[tr]
[chiefly Brit]
[dialect]
to twist into a wisp
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8.
vt.
[tr]
[chiefly Brit]
to groom (a horse) with a wisp of straw, etc
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9.
vt.
[Etymology]
C14: variant of wips, of obscure origin; compare
wipe
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1.
n
a thin, light, delicate, or fibrous piece or strand, such as a streak of smoke or a lock of hair
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