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wisp

wisp · wisps

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dünne Fahne, Wisch, Strähne, Haarbüschel

A small bundle, as of straw or other like substanceA small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; a twisted handful of something; any slender, flexible structure or group.

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/wɪsp/

» A wisp of smoke rose from the chimney.

Feiner Rauch stieg aus dem Schornstein auf.

Значення

значень: 7

(злічуване, незлічуване)A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; a twisted handful of something; any slender, flexible structure or group.
A wisp of hair escaped her barrette and whipped wildly in the wind.
a wisp of a child
Haarbüschel, Strohbündel, Wisch
пучо́кpučók
віхотьvixotʹ
a small bundle of straw or hay
(злічуване, незлічуване)A small, thin line of cloud, smoke, or steam.
A wisp of smoke rose from the candle for a few moments after he blew it out.
(злічуване, незлічуване)A whisk, or small broom.
a small person
(злічуване, незлічуване)A will o' the wisp, or ignis fatuus.
(злічуване, незлічуване)An immeasurable, indefinable essence of life; soul.
(незлічуване)A disease affecting the feet of cattle.
(архаїчне, збірне, злічуване, незлічуване)A flock of snipe.
a flock of snipe

Приклади

речень: 7

A wisp of smoke rose from the chimney.
deFeiner Rauch stieg aus dem Schornstein auf.
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A wisp of hair fell over his left eye.
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Will-o'-the-wisps are glowing, ghost-like creatures.
deIrrlichter sind leuchtende, geisterhafte Wesen.
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A solemn wisp of smoke rose from the shattered city.
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Will-o'-the-wisp is the light phenomenon traditionally ascribed to ghosts.
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мов: 9

Українська

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Русский

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a small bundle, as of straw or other like substance:

Deutsch

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Походження

From Middle English wispe, wyspe, wips, wipse, perhaps from an unrecorded Old English *wis

From Middle English wispe, wyspe, wips, wipse, perhaps from an unrecorded Old English *wisp, *wips. Cognate with West Frisian wisp, Dutch wisp (“bundle of hay or straw”), Norwegian bokmål/Swedish/Bornholm Danish visp (“handful or bundle of grass, hay, etc.”). Akin also to Middle Dutch/Middle Low German wispel (“measure of grain”).

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