亚洲网紅露点

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wisp

[ wisp ]

noun

  1. a handful or small bundle of straw, hay, or the like.
  2. any thin tuft, lock, mass, etc.:

    wisps of hair.

  3. a thin puff or streak, as of smoke; slender trace.
  4. a person or thing that is small, delicate, or barely discernible:

    a mere wisp of a lad; a wisp of a frown.

  5. a whisk broom.
  6. Chiefly British Dialect.
    1. a pad or twist of straw, as used to rub down a horse.
    2. a twisted bit of straw used as a torch.
  7. a will-o'-the-wisp or ignis fatuus.


verb (used with object)

  1. to twist into a wisp.

WISP

1

/ 飞瑟蝉辫 /

acronym for

  1. Wireless Information Service Provider: an internet service provider set up to deal with and deliver internet services to clients through wireless access points
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

wisp

2

/ 飞瑟蝉辫 /

noun

  1. a thin, light, delicate, or fibrous piece or strand, such as a streak of smoke or a lock of hair
  2. a small bundle, as of hay or straw
  3. anything slender and delicate

    a wisp of a girl

  4. a mere suggestion or hint
  5. a flock of birds, esp snipe
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. introften foll byaway to move or act like a wisp
  2. dialect.
    tr to twist into a wisp
  3. tr to groom (a horse) with a wisp of straw, etc
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞飞颈蝉辫藢濒颈办别, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 飞颈蝉辫顎僱颈办别顎 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of wisp1

1300鈥50; Middle English wisp, wips; akin to wipe
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of wisp1

C14: variant of wips, of obscure origin; compare wipe
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Six years later, Ritter鈥檚 muse finally latched onto that wisp of a notion and it is now a full-blown 鈥渉all of distorted mirrors鈥 thriller called 鈥淩etreat.鈥

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He takes a wisp of an idea, a what-if, and turns it into a viable aesthetic.

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鈥淭his is the future,鈥 Mahoney said as the LaserWeeder moved through the lettuce, leaving small wisps of smoke in its wake.

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As for the northern lights, the geomagnetic storm that brought brilliant wisps of red, green and purple to Seattle鈥檚 skies 鈥渋s starting to decrease,鈥 Lindeman said.

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Don鈥檛 ignore the wisps of cilantro nor the frizzled tangles of scallion.

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