wisp

noun
🔊/wɪsp/
🔊/wɪsp/
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  1. wisp (of something) a small, thin piece of hair, grass, etc.(头发、草等的)小缕,小绺,小把,小束
    • She brushed aside a stray wisp of hair.她把一缕流浪的头发拨到一边。
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  2. wisp (of something) a long, thin line of smoke or cloud(烟、云等的)一缕
    • a thin wisp of smoke一缕烟
  3. Word OriginMiddle English: origin uncertain; perhaps related to whisk.