gossamer

英 [ˈɡɒsəmə(r)]

美 [ˈɡɑːsəmər]

n.  蛛丝; 薄纱; 精细织物

GRE

BNC.33064 / COCA.22515

牛津词典

noun

• 蛛丝
  the very fine thread made by spiders
• 薄纱；精细织物
  any very light delicate material
  1. a gown of gossamer silk
     丝绸女裙服
  2. the gossamer wings of a dragonfly
     薄如轻纱的蜻蜓翅膀

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 蛛丝般的；轻薄的；纤细的
  You usegossamerto indicate that something is very light, thin, or delicate.
  1. ...the daring gossamer dresses of sheer black lace.
     完全以黑色蕾丝为材质的样式大胆的轻薄衣裙

英英释义

noun

• filaments from a web that was spun by a spider
  Synonym:cobweb
• a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture

adj

• characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy
  1. this smallest and most ethereal of birds
  2. gossamer shading through his playing
  Synonym:ethereal
• so thin as to transmit light
  1. a hat with a diaphanous veil
  2. filmy wings of a moth
  3. gauzy clouds of dandelion down
  4. gossamer cobwebs
  5. sheer silk stockings
  6. transparent chiffon
  7. vaporous silks
  Synonym:diaphanousfilmygauzygauze-likesee-throughsheertransparentvaporousvapourouscobwebby

双语例句

• Looking over the damp sod in the direction of the sun, a glistening ripple of gossamer webs was visible to their eyes under the luminary, like the track of moonlight on the sea.
  朝太阳方向的湿润的草地上望去，只见游丝一样的蛛网在太阳下起伏，形成闪亮的细小波浪，好像洒落在海浪中的天上月光。
• This is gossamer season.
  这是游丝的季节。
• 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。
• To add a Middle East crisis to the war in Vietnam might shred the gossamer fabric of East-West relations.
  越南战争之外再加上一个中东危机或许会毁掉脆弱的东西方关系。
• In the early morning the lawn was covered with gossamer.
  草地在大清早时被蛛丝覆盖看。
• This smallest and most ethereal of birds; gossamer shading through his playing.
  最小巧、轻盈的鸟儿；他比赛时轻盈的身影。
• Softly the gossamer floats over spring pavilions, Gently the willow fluff wafts to the embroidered screen.
  游丝软系飘春榭，落絮轻沾扑绣帘。
• Struggling in the same wet gossamer, the effort to learn when they gave birth to, as long as there is some hope, do not forget the full bloom of life.
  挣扎在游丝一样的湿润中，努力的汲取、孕育，只要有一点希望，都不忘记生命的绽放。
• The gossamer strands, slowly overtaking a lakefront peninsula, emit a fetid odor, perhaps from the dead insects entwined in the silk.
  日积月累地盘据半岛上湖滨地带的蜘蛛丝散发出恶臭，可能是蜘蛛丝上昆虫遗体腐化所致。
• Infinitesimal details become artistic expression, a translucent tip of a fin becomes like fine gossamer of haute couture fabric.
  微妙的细节成为艺术的表达，鱼鳍的透明末梢就似奢华的薄纱。