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papery

/pey-puh-ree/US // ˈpeɪ pə ri //UK // (ˈpeɪpərɪ) //

纸质的,纸质,似纸,纸质材料

Related Words

shaky摇摇欲坠,摇摇欲坠的,颤颤巍巍的,颤颤巍巍decrepit颓废的,颓然,颓废,衰败的insubstantial不实在的,不切实际,不切实际的,非实质性tacky俗气,粘性,俗气的,粘性大rickety颤颤巍巍,佝偻病,摇摇欲坠,颤颤巍巍的feeble软弱无力,衰弱,弱小,软弱chiffon雪纺,雪纺纱,雪纺绸,雪纺衫cardboard纸板,纸牌,硬纸板,硬纸片disposable一次性的,一次性,可抛弃的,一次性使用shallow浅滩,浅谈,浅水,浅显的gossamer蛛丝马迹,苔丝,苔藓,纱布wobbly摇摆不定的,摇摆不定,晃晃悠悠,摇摇欲坠frail羸弱的,脆弱的,体弱的,体弱slight纤细的,纤细,纤弱的,纤微paper-thin薄如纸,薄如纸的,薄如纸张的,薄如纸张wafer-thin薄如蝉翼,薄薄的,薄如蝉翼的,薄片defective有缺陷的,有缺陷,有瑕疵的,缺陷delicate微妙,细致,微妙的,精致diaphanous褶皱,褶皱的,褶皱式的,褶皱型fragile脆弱的,娇嫩的,脆弱,纤弱的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : like paper; thin or flimsy: the papery petals of the narcissus.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inpaper
Synonyms
cardboard纸板,纸牌,硬纸板,硬纸片disposable一次性的,一次性,可抛弃的,一次性使用insubstantial不实在的,不切实际,不切实际的,非实质性paper-thin薄如纸,薄如纸的,薄如纸张的,薄如纸张wafer-thin薄如蝉翼,薄薄的,薄如蝉翼的,薄片
as inflimsy
Synonyms
chiffon雪纺,雪纺纱,雪纺绸,雪纺衫decrepit颓废的,颓然,颓废,衰败的feeble软弱无力,衰弱,弱小,软弱insubstantial不实在的,不切实际,不切实际的,非实质性rickety颤颤巍巍,佝偻病,摇摇欲坠,颤颤巍巍的shaky摇摇欲坠,摇摇欲坠的,颤颤巍巍的,颤颤巍巍tacky俗气,粘性,俗气的,粘性大frail羸弱的,脆弱的,体弱的,体弱gossamer蛛丝马迹,苔丝,苔藓,纱布shallow浅滩,浅谈,浅水,浅显的slight纤细的,纤细,纤弱的,纤微wobbly摇摆不定的,摇摆不定,晃晃悠悠,摇摇欲坠cut-rate砍价,减价,降价,削减率defective有缺陷的,有缺陷,有瑕疵的,缺陷delicate微妙,细致,微妙的,精致diaphanous褶皱,褶皱的,褶皱式的,褶皱型fragile脆弱的,娇嫩的,脆弱,纤弱的gauzy纱质的,纱质,纱丽,轻纱house of cards纸牌屋,牌坊,卡片之家,卡片屋inadequate不够,不足,不足的,不够的infirm老弱病残,老弱,体弱的,体弱meager微薄的,微薄,微不足道,微不足道的rinkydink叮叮当当,叮当,叮当声,叮叮当sheer峭壁,纯粹的,峭度slapdash蜻蜓点水,蜻蜓点水式的,蜻蜓点水式,蜻蜓点水般sleazy懒散的,偷懒,懒惰的,懒散superficial表面上的,表面的,表面上,表面transparent透明的,透明,透明化,透明性unsound不健全,不健全的,不稳妥,不完善unsubstantial不实在的,不切实际,不切实际的,不真实的weak软弱,弱,软弱无力,薄弱

Examples

  • The biggest turtle eggs today are just a few inches long, with papery thin shells.

  • An inspector in 2016 flagged a package coming into the San Francisco airport holding a papery insect nest but not mentioning insects on the label.

  • What he calls a “papery palace of stories” sustains identity and ties Mufti to place.

  • Powell's is the largest bookstore in the world, an endless, multi-storey universe of papery smells and towering shelves.

  • The fronds are smooth, deep-green in color, slightly paler beneath, and of a rather firm papery texture.

  • The lowest Marsupials as regards the ossicles are the Peramelidae, whose ossicles are of a frail papery consistence.

  • The small burs have a thin, papery lining, and short, widely-branching spines.

  • Fruit a fleshy pome, with the cells formed by papery or cartilaginous membranes within juicy flesh.

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