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

• So this evening, was it Jonny gossamer enough for you?
  今天晚上乔尼葛瑟姆让你受罪了吗？
• He was merely floating those gossamer threads of thought which, like the spider's, he hoped would lay hold somewhere.
  他只是让自己的思绪像游丝般地飘浮着，指望这思绪像蜘蛛丝一样，会挂在什么地方。
• In the early morning the lawn was covered with gossamer.
  草地在大清早时被蛛丝覆盖看。
• His arms, holding my arms up gently and firmly, made me feel gossamer.
  他的双臂坚定而温柔地托起我的胳膊，使我感到轻飘飘的。
• Rational optical path and circuit design can produce high-quality gossamer lines.
  经合理的光路设计及电路控制能得到高质量的游丝线条。
• A male forest chaser dragonfly displays its gossamer wings in Taiwan.
  台湾一只雄性的森林猎者蜻蜓展示它丝网般的翅膀。
• As an art medium, words 'most essential feature is indirect and the imagination and gossamer beauty from it.
  文字这种艺术媒介的最本质特点是它的间接性，以及由这个特点催生出的想象性和由此而产生的朦胧美。
• This is gossamer season.
  这是游丝的季节。
• Till the gossamer thread you fling, catch somewhere, O my Soul.
  直到你抛出的游丝抓住了某处，我的心灵啊！
• 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。