gossamery

1 a butterfly's wings of gossamer

2 fairies are usually depicted as wearing gossamer or tattered clothing

3 the gossamer veil seemed to float about the bride as she walked down the aisle

4 So what is this rusty brown gossamer of a space cloud?

5 Consider instead how far away America is from Biden’s gossamer vision.

6 But that gossamer bubble began to lose its sheen when Trump won the White House, cut Cohen out of a role in Washington, gave him an annual bonus that was a third of the year before, and, according to Cohen’s account, slow-walked reimbursing Cohen for his payout to Daniels.

7 The songs on Tortured Poets, most of which are mid- or uptempo ballads spun out in the gossamer style that's defined Swift's confessional mode since Folklore, build a closed universe of private and even stolen moments, inhabited by only two people, Swift and a man.

8 So much of her work is lively, gossamer, flirtatious.

9 Blue Bohemian Vibes for Her Folklore Set Swift debuted an ethereal Alberta Ferretti sky blue gown complete with gossamer cape sleeves that were decorated with a lace pattern and small rhinestones.

10 How better to express all that than by slicing paper into handmade greeting cards, with whorls that can be pulled up to form gossamer cages for images of lovebirds, bouquets, engagement rings, or even rodents?

11 As Pakistan approaches fresh elections on Feb. 8, the 71-year-old’s chances of a comeback appear gossamer thin, despite retaining broad public support.

12 No matter how far-fetched the premise or gossamer-thin the story, the musical invites (compels) us to go along with its essential surrealism, to travel to that dream space where everyday life suddenly moves and sounds deliriously out of this world.

13 For her label Anissa Aida, designer Anissa Meddeb, who lives in the capital, makes gossamer silk blouses evoking the striped motif of handwoven fouta towels and voluminous coats inspired by the burnoose cloaks worn by Berbers.

14 The result is a sequence of events that’s both intriguing and gossamer-thin.

15 The hangers are also coated with velvet flocking, better for grabbing gossamer blouses that can slide off smoother hangers.

16 Both would be coated with a gossamer-thin layer of gold for reflectivity and bathed in faint laser beams to detect their oscillations—and thus their temperature.

17 But his most impressive skill is the ancient art of gilding, using gossamer sheets of gold leaf just .12 microns thick to add a brilliant metallic effect to lettering.

18 Cool in Top-Siders and floral maxidresses and gossamer pareos.

19 Or the glamorous Starry Starry Night, gossamer black sesame sponge cake, silky sweet chocolate ganache and a sprinkling of marzipan stars.

1 轻薄的

lightsome light-minded

2 飘浮

afloat waft wafture float suspend

3 轻薄

lightsome light-minded frivolity

4 纤细的

slight slim delicate slender wispy willowy finespun

5 纤细

slight slim delicate slender wispy willowy finespun slightly delicacy exility