gauze

/ɡɔːz/ (bre, ipa) · /ɡɔːz/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈgȯz/ (ame, mw)

gauze — noun

  • gauzesingular
  • gauzesplural

1. a soft, very thin fabric with tiny holes between the threads, often made from co

1.名詞B2
釋義

a soft, very thin fabric with tiny holes between the threads, often made from cotton or silk; nurses lay strips of it over cuts and burns to soak up blood, and it is also used for light summer clothes or to strain liquids in the kitchen.

例句

The nurse pressed a square of gauze against Omar's bleeding finger and taped it down.

collocation: a square / piece of gauze

Adaeze wrapped clean gauze around the burn on her wrist before driving to the clinic.

pattern: wrap gauze around [body part]

同義詞
  • bandage

    specifically the medical strip used on wounds, often pre-cut; gauze is the loose fabric it is made from.

  • muslin

    another thin cotton cloth, but more closely woven; muslin is for clothing and food straining, rarely for wounds.

  • chiffon

    a similarly sheer fabric, but smoother and used only for clothing, never for medical use.

文法句型

a piece of gauze

a layer of gauze

用法筆記

Usually uncountable: 'some gauze', 'a roll of gauze', 'a piece of gauze' — not 'two gauzes'. In medical contexts the word almost always refers to the bandage form; in fashion or theatre contexts it points to the see-through fabric form.

常見錯誤

❌The doctor put two gauzes on my arm.
✅The doctor put two pieces of gauze on my arm.
💡gauze is uncountable, count with 'piece / square / strip'.

2. a flat sheet made by weaving fine metal threads (or sometimes plastic ones) acro

2.名詞C1
釋義

a flat sheet made by weaving fine metal threads (or sometimes plastic ones) across each other, leaving tiny open squares between them; engineers fit it over openings to keep insects out, and chemistry students set it under a flame to spread the heat evenly under a beaker.

例句

Felipe stretched a fresh sheet of wire gauze across the kitchen window to stop the mosquitoes.

collocation: wire gauze

In the chemistry lab, Daichi placed the beaker on a metal gauze above the Bunsen burner.

domain: chemistry lab equipment

同義詞
  • mesh

    the more common everyday word for a wire net; gauze suggests a finer, more woven product, often for lab or precision use.

  • screen

    used for the metal net stretched over a whole window or door; gauze can be smaller and free-standing.

文法句型

wire gauze

a sheet of gauze

用法筆記

Almost always preceded by a metal name ('wire gauze', 'brass gauze', 'steel gauze') or the modifier 'fine'. Distinguish from sense 1 by the material: cloth gauze is fabric, wire gauze is metal.