单词	wisp
释义	wispwisp /wɪsp/ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINwisp Origin: 1300-1400 Perhaps from whisk Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS At dawn he'd woken up briefly, plagued by the vanishing wisps of a vague and irritating dream. Corbett steeled himself but Agatha only moved the wisps of blonde hair from her forehead. Her body lay open before him, her only covering a few wisps of silk. If there was any wisp of consciousness remaining, it was beyond the reach of instruments, and of memory. Next comes a snap of a wisp of hair. One wisp of smoke will not yearn for another. Smoke rose out of the crooked chimneys that poked through their roofs, white wisps trailing north with the wind. Tiny wisps of ash floated up. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► wisps of cloud (=long thin pieces)· The plane flew through occasional wisps of cloud. ► a strand/wisp of hair (=a thin piece of hair)· She brushed away a strand of hair from her eyes. ► a wisp of smoke (=a thin amount of smoke)· Only a few wisps of smoke rose here and there. 1a wisp of hair, grass, hay etc is a thin piece of it that is separate from the restwisp of A wisp of hair had escaped from under her hat.2a wisp of smoke, cloud, mist etc is a small thin line of it that rises upwardswisp of Wisps of smoke rose into the air. → will o' the wisp—wispy adjective
随便看	expansively expansiveness expat expatiate expatriate expect expectancy expectant expectantly expectation expectorant expectorate expediency expedient expedite expedition expeditionary force expeditious expeditiously expel expend expendable expenditure expense expense account

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