gossamer

英 ['ɡɒsəmə(r)] 美 ['ɡɑːsəmər]

• n. 小蜘蛛网；轻而弱者；薄纱
• adj. 薄弱的；轻飘飘的

英英释义

Noun:

1. a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture

2. filaments from a web that was spun by a spider

Adjective:

1. characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy;

   "this smallest and most ethereal of birds"
   "gossamer shading through his playing"
   

2. so thin as to transmit light;

   "a hat with a diaphanous veil"
   "filmy wings of a moth"
   "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"
   "gossamer cobwebs"
   "sheer silk stockings"
   "transparent chiffon"
   "vaporous silks"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. They quickly stripped me of my clothes and bound me like a mummy in a gossamer web.
   他们飞快地扒了我的衣服，把我绑得像个蜘蛛网里的木乃伊。
2. Gossamer is floating in calm air.
   空中飘浮着游丝。
3. The prince helped the princess, who was still in her delightful gossamer gown.
   王子搀扶着仍穿著那套美丽薄纱晚礼服的公主。

经典引文

• Gossamers glinted across the stubbles.

  出自： H. Williamson

近反义词

【近义词】

• sheer 极轻薄的
• delicate 微妙的
• transparent 透明的
• dainty 小巧精致的
• fine 好的
• filmy 似薄膜的
• web 网
• tissue 纸巾
• fiber 纤维(物质)
• feather 羽毛
• diaphanous 透明的
• gauzy 纱似的
• ethereal 天上的
• flimsy 轻而薄得
• vaporous 空想的
• vapourous 汽化的
• see-through 透明的
• cobweb 蜘蛛网
• cobwebby (似)蛛网的
• gauze-like 纱似的