Gossamer
['gɒsəmə] or ['ɡɑsəmɚ]
解释:
(n.) A fine, filmy substance, like cobwebs, floating in the air, in calm, clear weather, especially in autumn. It is seen in stubble fields and on furze or low bushes, and is formed by small spiders.
(n.) Any very thin gauzelike fabric; also, a thin waterproof stuff.
(n.) An outer garment, made of waterproof gossamer.
校对:雷明顿
解释:
n. very fine spider-threads which float in the air or form webs on bushes in fine weather: any thin material.—adj. light flimsy.—adj. Goss′amery like gossamer: flimsy.
整理:希欧多尔
例句:
- It was a little thing with a veil of gossamer on its head. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- With Ferdinand Barnacle he was gossamer. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Such an unworldly, uncalculating, gossamer creature is a relief to him and an amusement. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Think of such a gossamer thread of metal! 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- Hows'ever it's lighter without it, that's one thing, and every hole lets in some air, that's another--wentilation gossamer I calls it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- It was with such a furnace probably that India produced her keen-edged weapons that would cut a web of gossamer, and Damascus its flashing blades--the synonym of elastic strength. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- Young love-making--that gossamer web! 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
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