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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• They seem to consider their networks to be fragile, gossamer things, able to collapse in a strong breeze ( or under the weight of a bunch of iPhone users.)
  他们似乎觉得自己的网络弱不禁风，一定数量的iPhone用户产生的负载，就可以把它压垮。
• Let me think and find that thread of gossamer!
  让我想一想，来设法找到自己的那条蜘蛛丝。
• 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。
• 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。
• This is gossamer season.
  这是游丝的季节。
• 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。
• 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。