Новый большой англо-русский словарь - gossamer
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gossamer
1. осенняя паутинка (в воздухе и т. п.); также gossamer thread(s) 2. тонкая, легкая материя, газ 3. легкая шелковая шляпа 4. очень легкий плащ 5. легкий, прозрачный gossamer wings —- прозрачные крылышки 6. фривольный; развязный (о человеке)
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n. & adj. --n. 1 a filmy substance of small spiders' webs. 2 delicate filmy material. 3 a thread of gossamer. --adj. light and flimsy as gossamer. Derivatives gossamered adj. gossamery adj. Etymology: ME gos(e)somer(e), app. f. GOOSE + SUMMER(1) (goose summer = St Martin's summer, i.e. early November when geese were eaten, gossamer being common then) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English gossomer, from gos goose + somer summer Date: 14th century 1. a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather 2. something light, delicate, or insubstantial the ~ of youth's dreams — Andrea Parke • ~y adjective II. adjective Date: circa 1807 extremely light, delicate, or tenuous ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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You use gossamer to indicate that something is very light, thin, or delicate. (LITERARY) ...the daring gossamer dresses of sheer black lace. ADJ: ADJ n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
5.
~ n 1 literary a very light thin material 2 light silky thread which spiders leave on grass and bushes ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
- 13c., perhaps from gos "goose" + sumer "summer," in reference to spider threads spun in fields of stubble in late fall, either because of a fancied resemblance to down, or because geese are in season then. The adj. sense "filmy" is attested from 1802. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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