gauze
/gɔːz/noun
mass noun
1- a thin transparent fabric of silk, linen, or cotton(丝、麻或棉等制成的)薄纱, 纱罗。
1.1
- (亦作 wire gauze)a very fine wire mesh(很细的金属)网纱。
1.2
- Medicine thin, loosely woven cloth used for dressing and swabs【医】(用于包扎或拭伤口的)纱布。
1.3
- in sing. figurative a transparent haze or film〈喻〉(透明的)薄雾, 薄膜:
they saw the grasslands through a gauze of golden dust.
他们透过金色的尘土看到了那片草原。
词源
mid 16th cent.: from French gaze, perhaps from Gaza, the name of a town in Palestine.