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Wisp Middle 13638.Wisp 英 Wɪsp]美 Wɪsp 释义 N

正面 13638.wisp
英 [wɪsp]美 [wɪsp]

背面
释义:
n. 小捆;小束vt. 把…卷成一捆vi. 卷成一捆
例句:
1. She's just a little bitty wisp of a girl.她是一个很纤弱的小女孩。

1. 谐音“围死蒲”-----围死菖蒲。2. wisp <====> whisk.
wisp 小捆,小束可能来自PIE*weis,弯,转,缠绕,来自PIE*wei的扩大形式,词源同wire,wine.用来指小捆,小束干草等。
wisp (n.)early 14c., "handful or bundle of hay, grass, etc.," used for burning or cleaning or as a cushion; perhaps from an unrecorded Old English word, cognate with Norwegian and Swedish visp "wisp," of unknown origin; sometimes said to be connected with whisk or with Middle Low German and Middle Dutch wispel "a measure of grain." Meaning "thin, filmy portion" first attested 1836."

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