gauze fabric

gauze fabric
纱罗织物

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  • gauze´like´ — gauze «gz», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a very thin, light cloth, easily seen through. Gauze is made of silk, linen, rayon, or cotton and is used as a fabric and often for bandages. 2. a thinly woven, open material resembling this fabric: »Wire gauze …   Useful english dictionary

  • Gauze — is a thin, translucent fabric with a open weave. Its name may derive etymologically from the Persian word for silk, via the Spanish word gasa .Uses and types*Gauze was originally made of silk. Now used for medical purposes gauze sponges are in… …   Wikipedia

  • Gauze — (g[add]z), n. [F. gaze; so called because it was first introduced from Gaza, a city of Palestine.] A very thin, slight, transparent stuff, generally of silk; also, any fabric resembling silk gauze; as, wire gauze; cotton gauze. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Gauze dresser — Gauze Gauze (g[add]z), n. [F. gaze; so called because it was first introduced from Gaza, a city of Palestine.] A very thin, slight, transparent stuff, generally of silk; also, any fabric resembling silk gauze; as, wire gauze; cotton gauze. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • gauze — ► NOUN 1) a thin transparent fabric. 2) Medicine thin, loosely woven cloth used for dressing and swabbing wounds. 3) (also wire gauze) a very fine wire mesh. DERIVATIVES gauzy adjective. ORIGIN French gaze …   English terms dictionary

  • gauze — 1560s, gais, from Fr. gaze, conjectured to be from Arabic gazz raw silk [Barnhart], or from GAZA (Cf. Gaza), Palestinian city associated with production of this fabric [Klein, Du Cagne] …   Etymology dictionary

  • gauze — 1. noun /ɡɔːz/ a) A thin fabric with a loose, open weave. b) A similar bleached cotton fabric used as a surgical dressing. 2. verb /ɡɔːz/ a) …   Wiktionary

  • gauze — /gɔz / (say gawz) noun 1. any thin transparent fabric made from any fibre in a plain or leno weave, used as a fabric for clothing, or for medical dressings. 2. something similar with a fine open weave, but made from a different material, such as… …  

  • fabric — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. cloth, textile, material, tissue; structure, framework. See production, materials, crossing, texture. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Material] Syn. cloth, textile, stuff; see cloth . 2. [Basic structure] Syn …   English dictionary for students

  • gauze — [16] Many terms for various types of fabric come from the name of a place they were originally associated with, from obvious derivatives such as damask from Damascus to more obscure associations like denim from Nîmes in France, and gauze appears… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • gauze — [16] Many terms for various types of fabric come from the name of a place they were originally associated with, from obvious derivatives such as damask from Damascus to more obscure associations like denim from Nîmes in France, and gauze appears… …   Word origins

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