单词 | gossamer |
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音标 | ['gɔsəmə] |
解释 | n.蛛丝;薄纱;a.轻而薄的 |
红宝书 | 【英】 n. 蛛丝(a filmy cobweb floating in the ai);薄纱(soft, filmy cloth);adj. 轻而薄的(light , thin, and filmy) 【考】 反义词:ponderous( 笨重的); substance(本质) 【记】 来自goose summer(食鹅时节), 此时节蛛丝飞扬,所 以有 gossamer一词 |
字源 | gossamer (n.) c.1300, "spider threads spun in fields of stubble in late fall," apparently from gos "goose" + sumer "summer" (compare Swedish sommertrad "summer thread"). The reference might be to a fancied resemblance of the silk to goose down, or because geese are in season then. The German equivalent mädchensommer (literally "girls' summer") also has a sense of "Indian summer," and the English word originally may have referred to a warm spell in autumn before being transferred to a phenomenon especially noticable then. Compare obsolete Scottish go-summer "period of summer-like weather in late autumn." Meaning "anything light or flimsy" is from c.1400. The adjective sense "filmy" is attested from 1802. |
不择手段背单词 | n. 完整的蛛丝; 薄纱(软的, 薄的, 透明的纤维品); 虚无; adj 轻而薄的; 虚无漂缈的 = tenuous 【记】goss = goose鹅, samer = summer夏天, 此时节蛛丝飞扬, 鹅毛满天飞 【反】ponderous(adj 沉重的; 笨重的; 冗长的); substance(n 物质; 本质) |
趣味全助记 | 【记】源自goose + summer, 这个季节蛛丝较多;鹅毛也到处漂,轻而薄 |
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