wispy

英 [ˈwɪspi]

美 [ˈwɪspi]

adj.  一绺绺的; 一缕缕的; 成束的; 纤细的

最高级：wispiest　

TOEFL

BNC.21169 / COCA.16412

牛津词典

adj.

• 一绺绺的；一缕缕的；成束的；纤细的
  consisting of small, thin pieces; not thick
  1. wispy hair/clouds
     一缕缕头发 / 云彩
  2. a wispy beard
     一胡须

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (头发)稀疏的，稀稀拉拉的
  If someone haswispyhair, their hair does not grow thickly on their head.
  1. Grey wispy hair straggled down to her shoulders.
     稀疏的灰白头发披散在她肩头。
• ADJ-GRADED (云)一缕缕的，虚无缥缈的
  Awispycloud is thin or faint.
  1. The half moon is hidden behind some wispy clouds.
     半轮月亮躲在淡淡的云彩之后。

双语例句

• Slowly, the blues were joined by soft pinks that found wispy clouds drifting by.
  慢慢地，朵朵柔粉色的云纷纷漂浮而过与这些蓝相交融。
• On Earth, white wispy cirrus clouds are made of ice crystals.
  在地球上，白色的细小卷云是由冰晶形成的。
• Life in Color: Yellow A time-lapse photo captures the wispy steam and yellow glow of the Georgia-Pacific paper mill in Brunswick, Georgia, at night.
  生活在色彩之内：黄色。一幅在时间失误的照片捕捉到飘渺的水蒸气和黄色光芒的乔治亚――太平洋造纸厂于Brunswick（德国中部），乔治亚，在夜晚。
• Fibrocartilage, with wispy, broad collagenic fibers predominating in the matrix.
  纤维软骨，基质中大量的胶原纤维。
• Grey wispy hair straggled down to her shoulders.
  稀疏的灰白头发披散在她肩头。
• The corona's rays flash out in a brilliant fan that has wispy spike-like rays near the Sun's north and south poles.
  光环带的光束像一把流光折扇，在太阳的南北两极附近形成纤细的辐射线。
• The government will support the market, says a young man with a wispy beard and a winsome look.
  一名留着小胡子、模样可爱的年轻人说：政府会托市的。
• A wispy little fellow with small hands and feet-Edmund Wilson.
  小手小脚的瘦弱家伙&埃德蒙·威尔逊。
• Their wispy dorsal fins contain toxin-filled needles used to dissuade would-be predators.
  它们的小束状的背鳍含有毒素-充满针刺过去常常劝阻将到的食肉动物。
• The problem with both ideas is that the nebulas are so distant and wispy that they cannot be observed in sufficient detail.
  两种观点的问题在于：星云遥远而模糊，无法对其进行特别详尽的观测。