gauze

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gauze /ɡɔːz $ ɡɒːz/ noun [uncountableU]

1. DHvery thin transparent material with very small holes in it 薄纱，纱罗

2 (also gauze bandage American English)MH thin cotton with very small holes in it that is used for tying around a wound 〔包扎伤口用的〕纱布

His hands were wrapped in gauze bandages.

他的两只手包着纱布。

3 a material made of thin threads of metal or plastic 〔金属或塑料做的〕网纱，网

They covered the tubes with wire gauze.

他们用铁丝网把管子裹起来。

—gauzy adjectiveadj

a gauzy white dress

一件白色的薄纱裙

Examples from the Corpus

gauze• Like all paintings of its period, it had a veiled quality, as though it were covered in dark gauze.• I lay on the floor in the pale gauze of winter twilight, recalling all the Great Women of the Telephone.• The electrodes were made from platinum-blacked platinum gauze to minimize electrode polarization at low frequencies.• His gunman would appear behind a strip of scenic gauze.• Under these conditions the methane jets pushed the candle flame outside the gauze, causing explosions.• Put the gauze in position and place the cover over to keep out light.

Origin gauze

(1500-1600) French gaze, probably from Gaza, town in Palestine

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