Whisk

[wɪsk]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a small short-handled broom used to brush clothes.

(noun.) a mixer incorporating a coil of wires; used for whipping eggs or cream.

(verb.) whip with or as if with a wire whisk; 'whisk the eggs'.

(verb.) brush or wipe off lightly.

(verb.) move somewhere quickly; 'The President was whisked away in his limo'.

(verb.) move quickly and nimbly; 'He whisked into the house'.

哈洛錄入--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A game at cards; whist.

(n.) The act of whisking; a rapid, sweeping motion, as of something light; a sudden motion or quick puff.

(n.) A small bunch of grass, straw, twigs, hair, or the like, used for a brush; hence, a brush or small besom, as of broom corn.

(n.) A small culinary instrument made of wire, or the like, for whisking or beating eggs, cream, etc.

(n.) A kind of cape, forming part of a woman's dress.

(n.) An impertinent fellow.

(n.) A plane used by coopers for evening chines.

(n.) To sweep, brush, or agitate, with a light, rapid motion; as, to whisk dust from a table; to whisk the white of eggs into a froth.

(n.) To move with a quick, sweeping motion.

(v. i.) To move nimbly at with velocity; to make a sudden agile movement.

格雷戈里錄入

同義詞及近義詞：

v. n. Trip, speed, hasten, hie, post, scud, brush, move nimbly, push on, dash on, cut along.

多拉編輯

解釋/意思:

n. whist.

v.t. to move with a quick motion: to sweep or stir rapidly.—v.i. to move nimbly and rapidly.—n. a rapid sweeping motion: a small bunch of anything used for a brush: a small instrument for beating or whisking esp. eggs.—ns. Whis′ker he who or that which whisks: the hair on the sides of a man's face (esp. in pl.): the bristle on the face of a cat &c.; Whiskeran′do a whiskered person in allusion to Don Ferolo Whiskerandos in Sheridan's Critic.—adjs. Whiskeran′doed Whis′kered Whis′kery having whiskers; Whis′king moving briskly; Whis′ky-fris′ky flighty.

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