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

adj

A gauzy fabric is sheer and lightweight. You might have gauzy curtains that allow light to shine through them as they blow in the breeze.

Use the adjective gauzy to describe something light and translucent. A girl's curtain of long hair and her summery cotton dress might both be gauzy. The word comes from gauze, which is a light, filmy fabric made of a thin, sheer material. The French root is gaze, which in turn comes either from the Arabic gazz, "raw silk," or possibly from the city of Gaza, where this type of fabric is made.

WORD FAMILY

gauzy: gauzier, gauziest, gauzily+/gauze: gauze-like, gauzes, gauzy

USAGE EXAMPLES

It’s unearthly in its gauzy beauty, a radio signal from a place beyond dreams.

Time(Dec 09, 2016)

She’s one of the faces of Dior, selling perfume in gauzy ads with French music and garden roses.

Los Angeles Times(Dec 02, 2016)

The tale itself often drifts away from the suspense-driven logic of conventional horror into realms of gauzy romance, surreal grotesquerie and demented trippiness.

New York Times(Nov 17, 2016)

adj so thin as to transmit light

gauzy clouds of dandelion down

Syn

cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous
thin

of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section

单词	gauzy
释义	gauzy (once / 9540 pages) adj A gauzy fabric is sheer and lightweight. You might have gauzy curtains that allow light to shine through them as they blow in the breeze. Use the adjective gauzy to describe something light and translucent. A girl's curtain of long hair and her summery cotton dress might both be gauzy. The word comes from gauze, which is a light, filmy fabric made of a thin, sheer material. The French root is gaze, which in turn comes either from the Arabic gazz, "raw silk," or possibly from the city of Gaza, where this type of fabric is made. WORD FAMILY gauzy: gauzier, gauziest, gauzily+/gauze: gauze-like, gauzes, gauzy USAGE EXAMPLES It’s unearthly in its gauzy beauty, a radio signal from a place beyond dreams. Time(Dec 09, 2016) She’s one of the faces of Dior, selling perfume in gauzy ads with French music and garden roses. Los Angeles Times(Dec 02, 2016) The tale itself often drifts away from the suspense-driven logic of conventional horror into realms of gauzy romance, surreal grotesquerie and demented trippiness. New York Times(Nov 17, 2016) adj so thin as to transmit light gauzy clouds of dandelion down Syn cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous thin of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section
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