Definition of glassine in English:

glassine

noun ˈɡlɑːsiːnɡlaˈsēn

mass noun, usually as modifier A glossy transparent paper.
玻璃纸
a box full of foreign stamps still in their glassine envelopes
Example sentencesExamples
- Snowflakes in glassine envelopes are pretty cute.
- A small glassine bag drug dealers use to store crack, coke or heroin sat open and empty beneath a row of bushes.
- The pavement was glassine and visibility was limited.
- 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.
- The tiny parcels of glassine paper that enfold the diamond morsels pass between pairs of traders, are examined, dismissed - considered.
- By the late 1960s, glassine bags had replaced capsules as the dominant packaging technique and heroin was available in a variety of sales units.

Origin

Early 20th century: from glass + -ine⁴.

Definition of glassine in US English:

glassine

nounɡlaˈsēn

usually as modifier A glossy transparent paper.
玻璃纸
glassine envelopes
Example sentencesExamples
- The tiny parcels of glassine paper that enfold the diamond morsels pass between pairs of traders, are examined, dismissed - considered.
- The pavement was glassine and visibility was limited.
- By the late 1960s, glassine bags had replaced capsules as the dominant packaging technique and heroin was available in a variety of sales units.
- Snowflakes in glassine envelopes are pretty cute.
- A small glassine bag drug dealers use to store crack, coke or heroin sat open and empty beneath a row of bushes.
- 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 + -ine.

单词	glassine
释义	Definition of glassine in English: glassine noun ˈɡlɑːsiːnɡlaˈsēn mass noun, usually as modifier A glossy transparent paper. 玻璃纸 a box full of foreign stamps still in their glassine envelopes Example sentencesExamples Snowflakes in glassine envelopes are pretty cute. A small glassine bag drug dealers use to store crack, coke or heroin sat open and empty beneath a row of bushes. The pavement was glassine and visibility was limited. 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. The tiny parcels of glassine paper that enfold the diamond morsels pass between pairs of traders, are examined, dismissed - considered. By the late 1960s, glassine bags had replaced capsules as the dominant packaging technique and heroin was available in a variety of sales units. Origin Early 20th century: from glass + -ine⁴. Definition of glassine in US English: glassine nounɡlaˈsēn usually as modifier A glossy transparent paper. 玻璃纸 glassine envelopes Example sentencesExamples The tiny parcels of glassine paper that enfold the diamond morsels pass between pairs of traders, are examined, dismissed - considered. The pavement was glassine and visibility was limited. By the late 1960s, glassine bags had replaced capsules as the dominant packaging technique and heroin was available in a variety of sales units. Snowflakes in glassine envelopes are pretty cute. A small glassine bag drug dealers use to store crack, coke or heroin sat open and empty beneath a row of bushes. 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 + -ine.
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