gossamery
纱窗,纱布,纱网,纱厂
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- : a fine, filmy cobweb seen on grass or bushes or floating in the air in calm weather, especially in autumn.
- : a thread or strand of a filmy cobweb seen outdoors.
- : an extremely delicate variety of gauze, used especially for veils.
- : any thin, light fabric.
- : something extremely light, flimsy, or delicate: The viper appeared to be midway through sloughing off its skin, half covered as it was with a thin gossamer of its former outer self.
- : a thin, waterproof outer garment, especially for women, popular in the late 19th century.
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- : Also gos·sa·mer·y [gos-uh-muh-ree], /ˈgɒs ə mə ri/, gos·sa·mered. of or like gossamer; extremely light, flimsy, or delicate: Did you notice this dragonfly's gossamer wings? Perhaps our hopes are gossamer dreams, strung together with wishful thinking.
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Wanna’s Christo-like “Within Without” encloses the stairway entrance to the second-floor gallery in gossamer fabric, outlined by floor-level light strips.
Sea butterflies flit through the ocean on gossamer wings, each species with a style of its own.
When the short-skirted, gossamer clad nymphs made their appearance on the stage they became restless and fidgety.
Mackintoshes, vulcanized india-rubber, gutta-percha, and gossamer dust-coats unknown then.
But look at the difference here: after dinner here one is as light as a gossamer.
Her dress was of finest work, its texture thin as gossamer; pure white with here and there a silken knot of blue.
Everywhere were threads of water, threads of snow, and little threads of dewy green, glistening like gossamer.