| 释义 |
glassine /ˈɡlɑːsiːn /noun [mass noun, usually as modifier]A glossy transparent paper: a box full of foreign stamps still in their glassine envelopes...- The tiny parcels of glassine paper that enfold the diamond morsels pass between pairs of traders, are examined, dismissed - considered.
- Snowflakes in glassine envelopes are pretty cute.
- The road petered out in a jumble of old crash-barriers and concrete dividers, littered now with cigarette and roach butts and the occasional glassine envelope emptied of cocaine.
Origin Early 20th century: from glass + -ine4. |