英语词汇“gossamer”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

gossamer

/ˈɡɒsəmə

noun [mass noun]

1A fine, filmy substance consisting of cobwebs spun by small spiders, seen especially in autumn.So I made a classic cross-hair from spider's gossamer and used it to pinpoint a cell in the area I wanted to watch....

In the UK, gossamer is the creation of a million baby spiders that spin threads vertically from the top of bushes which will carry them off into the wind, enabling them to travel for miles.
It was thin and wispy, like freshly spun gossamer in the early morning light.

Synonyms

cobweb, spider's web;

silk, silky substance, Japanese silk, gauze, tissue, chiffon;

thistledown, down, feather

1.1A light, thin, and insubstantial or delicate material or substance: [as modifier]: a fine gossamer fabric that clung to her skin...

My ivory limbs glisten under the weight of the lightest gossamer.
It looked to have been crafted from gossamer, or light itself.
It resembles something sewn together out of scraps of gossamer: it's delicate and ethereal.

Synonyms

ultra-fine, fine, diaphanous, gauzy, gauzelike, gossamer-thin, gossamer-like, gossamery, delicate, filmy, floaty, chiffony, cobwebby, feathery, silky, silken, wispy, thin, light, lightweight, insubstantial, papery, flimsy, frail;

translucent, transparent, see-through, sheer

rare transpicuous, translucid

Derivatives

gossamery

/ˈɡɒsəm(ə)ri

/ adjective ...

While the bulk of the album centers around gossamery ambiance, there are a few breaks from tradition.
Set on a bed of marinated cucumber and red pepper relish, it is then surrounded by a gossamery corn emulsion.
They spin a gossamery veil over the piano playing to enhance the imagery.

Origin

Middle English: apparently from goose + summer¹, perhaps from the time of year around St Martin's summer, i.e. early November, when geese were eaten (gossamer being common then).

Gossamer literally means ‘goose summer’, another name for St Martin's Summer, in early November, when geese were eaten. This is also the time of the year when you are likely to see cobwebs spun by small spiders, floating in the air or spread over a grassy surface, and so these cobwebs came to be called gossamer.

单词	gossamer
释义	gossamer /ˈɡɒsəmə / noun [mass noun] 1A fine, filmy substance consisting of cobwebs spun by small spiders, seen especially in autumn.So I made a classic cross-hair from spider's gossamer and used it to pinpoint a cell in the area I wanted to watch.... In the UK, gossamer is the creation of a million baby spiders that spin threads vertically from the top of bushes which will carry them off into the wind, enabling them to travel for miles. It was thin and wispy, like freshly spun gossamer in the early morning light. Synonyms cobweb, spider's web; silk, silky substance, Japanese silk, gauze, tissue, chiffon; thistledown, down, feather 1.1A light, thin, and insubstantial or delicate material or substance: [as modifier]: a fine gossamer fabric that clung to her skin... My ivory limbs glisten under the weight of the lightest gossamer. It looked to have been crafted from gossamer, or light itself. It resembles something sewn together out of scraps of gossamer: it's delicate and ethereal. Synonyms ultra-fine, fine, diaphanous, gauzy, gauzelike, gossamer-thin, gossamer-like, gossamery, delicate, filmy, floaty, chiffony, cobwebby, feathery, silky, silken, wispy, thin, light, lightweight, insubstantial, papery, flimsy, frail; translucent, transparent, see-through, sheer rare transpicuous, translucid Derivatives gossamery /ˈɡɒsəm(ə)ri / adjective ... While the bulk of the album centers around gossamery ambiance, there are a few breaks from tradition. Set on a bed of marinated cucumber and red pepper relish, it is then surrounded by a gossamery corn emulsion. They spin a gossamery veil over the piano playing to enhance the imagery. Origin Middle English: apparently from goose + summer¹, perhaps from the time of year around St Martin's summer, i.e. early November, when geese were eaten (gossamer being common then). Gossamer literally means ‘goose summer’, another name for St Martin's Summer, in early November, when geese were eaten. This is also the time of the year when you are likely to see cobwebs spun by small spiders, floating in the air or spread over a grassy surface, and so these cobwebs came to be called gossamer.
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