单词 | wisp |
释义 | wisp I. also whisp 1. a. b. (1) < a wisp of chiffon > < roughly-chinked log-cabins … stood in a wisp of open — S.V.Benét > < strange wisps of psychological jargon — Times Literary Supplement > (2) < a wisp of smoke or cloud > < wisps of mist floated like trails of luminous dust — Joseph Conrad > (3) < a delicate little wisp of an old lady — Century Magazine > < a mere wisp of a smile — L.C.Douglas > (4) c. 2. chiefly Britain a. b. c. II. transitive verb 1. chiefly Britain a. b. 2. < a cigarette wisping smoke at the corner of his mouth — Raymond Chandler > < the sky all wisped with mist — W.F.Wray > intransitive verb < a thread of smoke wisping out of the funnel — William Wertenbaker > < her hair began to wisp into her eyes — Mary Manning > |
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