gauzy

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Resembling gauze; light, thin, translucent.
    — But first I took up Ayesha's kirtle and the gauzy scarf with which she had been wont to hide her dazzling loveliness from the eyes of men, and, averting my head so that I might not look upon it, covered up that dreadful relic of the glorious dead, that shocking epitome of human beauty and human life.
  2. light; giving the effect of haze figuratively
  3. vague or elusive figuratively
    — Or perhaps something darker—a raw hunger, a blind ambition wrapped in the gauzy language of service?
  4. tinged with tenderness and warmth; dewy-eyed, romantic figuratively
    — 2003: Although the books are scored in different keys—Clinton’s generally attempts to be gauzy and warm, Blumenthal’s is edgy and cold—their underlying refrain is the same. — The New Yorker, 14 July 2003

词形变化

gauzier comparative gauziest superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
gauzily gauziness

词源

Etymology tree
English gauze
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English gauzy
From gauze + -y.
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