• n. 小捆；小束
• vt. 把…卷成一捆
• vi. 卷成一捆

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.

1. She's just a little bitty wisp of a girl.

她是一个很纤弱的小女孩。

来自柯林斯例句

2. A thin wisp of smoke straggled up through the trees.

一缕轻烟在林间袅袅升起。

来自柯林斯例句

3. She smoothed away a wisp of hair from her eyes.

她将眼睛上的一缕头发拨开。

来自柯林斯例句

4. A wisp of grey hair stuck out from under her hat.

从她的帽子下边露出一绺灰白的头发.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. A wisp of smoke is curling up from a chimney.

炊烟旋绕.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》