英语词汇“whisk”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	whisk
释义	whisk I. \ˈhwisk also ˈwi-\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English wisk, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse visk wisp; akin to Old English wiscian to plait, granwisc awn, Old High German wisc wisp, Latin viscus entrails, virga branch, twig, rod, Sanskrit veṣka noose, vēṣa costume; basic meaning: to turn 1. a. : a quick light brushing or whipping motion : flick, swish < as the tear dripped slowly down … caught it with a neat little whisk of her tongue — Katherine Mansfield > < could … hear the whisk and slither of tails — James Schuyler > b. : a swift passage < the line's four-times-a-week whisk from London to home (two hours) — Horace Sutton > 2. : something used as or resembling a whip or brush: as a. : a hairlike insect appendage — used especially of the setae of the Plectoptera b. : a small usually wire kitchen implement used for hand beating of food (as eggs, cream, or potatoes) — compare whip 4b c. (1) : a flexible bunch (as of twigs, feathers, or straw) attached to a handle for use as a brush — compare feather duster, fly whisk (2) : whisk broom d. : tuft, wisp < wind … skiffing the whisk of her frock — Bruce Marshall > e. : the tail of an angler's fly 3. : a wide ornamental collar of fine fabric and lace usually supported at the back and worn in the early 17th century 4. : a plant part (as a panicle of broomcorn) used in making brushes II. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English (Scots) quhisken, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse viska to wipe, whish; akin to Old English wiscian to plait — more at whisk I *intransitive verb* 1. : to move nimbly and quickly : frisk, pop < gray bodies whisk up and down the hickory trunks — Marjorie K. Rawlings > < porters … bowed and whisked about him — Frederick Way > 2. : to travel swiftly : zip < the Broadway Limited … whisked through like a comet — True > *transitive verb* 1. a. : to impart brisk or rapid motion to : flick, whip < seeing him whisk his eloquent tail — E.S.McCartney > < showed both sides, draped it over her left hand, whisked away the cloth — Martin Gardner > < machine picks up threads … and whisks them into a detachable aluminum hopper for ready disposal — Steel > b. : to transport swiftly : hurry, speed < dreams of rocket ships that will whisk him across the Atlantic between breakfast and luncheon — Waldemar Kaempffert > < too soon … their mother would whisk them off to bed — Flora Thompson > < an endless belt whisks the shopper's groceries … out to pickup stations — J.N.Wallace > 2. : to mix or fluff up by or as if by beating with a whisk < whisking a mixture in a yellow bowl — Kathryn Grondahl > < wind … whisked and matted the flakes into huge grey discs — O.E.Rölvaag > 3. : to brush or wipe off lightly < whisk crumbs from the table > < can be whisked clean with a damp cloth — advt > III. interjection — used to convey an impression of sudden swift motion < he's going to taste it, when whisk! it's gone — Hugh Walpole > IV. noun (-s) Etymology: perhaps from whisk (I) dialect : whist
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