wisp
wisp 英 [wɪsp] 美 [wɪsp]
n. 小捆；小束 vt. 把…卷成一捆 vi. 卷成一捆
名词复数:wisps
- A wisp is a thin bit or thread of something. Even after you put out a campfire, there may be little wisps of smoke in the air above it.
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- n. 小捆；小束
- vt. 把…卷成一捆
- vi. 卷成一捆
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1. A wisp is subject to all the complexities of a wired network, along with other complications that are specific to the wireless environment.
WISP 要负责处理有线网络中的所有复杂问题，以及特定于无线环境的一些问题。
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2. Another wisp provides (expensive) connectivity from a nearby mountaintop, so I decided to subscribe to that service and share the bandwidth and cost with my neighbors.
另外一个 WISP 从附近的一个山顶上提供了一条（昂贵的）连接，因此我决定购买这个服务，与邻居们共享带宽，并共同承担费用。
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3. I reached over toward the kitchen knives (which I keep on the underside of the counter for cooking), but when I looked back, he was not solid anymore, but more of a wisp of a shadow figure.
我赶忙伸手去拿刀子（我一直放在柜台下面准备做饭时用的），当我再转回身，他已经不象刚才那么清晰可见了，而是变成了一小束影子。
- 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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