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scrim

/skrim/US // skrɪm //UK // (skrɪm) //

纱窗,棉纱,棉絮,棚户区

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
    • : Theater. a piece of such fabric used as a drop, border, or the like, for creating the illusion of a solid wall or backdrop under certain lighting conditions or creating a semitransparent curtain when lit from behind.

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Examples

  • To my horror, he was romping with a girl on a white beach, a scrim of sand dusting her tan skin.

  • It's a single scrim of fabric that cuts the room in two, and whose black bottom edge gets extended along all four walls.

  • The endless succession of quotation marks is its own contrivance, a scrim between Shields and the world.

  • He layered a scrim of black chiffon over lingerie-style dresses in red, and he adorned a bare, purple slip dress with gems.

  • Flowers were everywhere, doors stood open, and breezes blew in at the windows, billowing the straight scrim curtains.

  • If you use white net or scrim, your shades must be white, and if ecru net, your shades must be ecru.

  • Another variety of cheap curtains is heavy cream scrim with straps (for looping back) and valance of chintz.

  • The cross stitch is worked on linen, scrim, canvas, or any open-meshed material.

  • Sulphur is spread on strips of scrim, which are then rolled up and placed in containers, such as old paint pots.