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词汇 glassine
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Definition of glassine in English:

glassine

noun ˈɡlɑːsiːnɡlaˈsēn
  • mass noun, usually as modifier A glossy transparent paper.

    玻璃纸

    a box full of foreign stamps still in their glassine envelopes
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Snowflakes in glassine envelopes are pretty cute.
    • A small glassine bag drug dealers use to store crack, coke or heroin sat open and empty beneath a row of bushes.
    • The pavement was glassine and visibility was limited.
    • The road petered out in a jumble of old crash-barriers and concrete dividers, littered now with cigarette and roach butts and the occasional glassine envelope emptied of cocaine.
    • The tiny parcels of glassine paper that enfold the diamond morsels pass between pairs of traders, are examined, dismissed - considered.
    • By the late 1960s, glassine bags had replaced capsules as the dominant packaging technique and heroin was available in a variety of sales units.

Origin

Early 20th century: from glass + -ine4.

Definition of glassine in US English:

glassine

nounɡlaˈsēn
  • usually as modifier A glossy transparent paper.

    玻璃纸

    glassine envelopes
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The tiny parcels of glassine paper that enfold the diamond morsels pass between pairs of traders, are examined, dismissed - considered.
    • The pavement was glassine and visibility was limited.
    • By the late 1960s, glassine bags had replaced capsules as the dominant packaging technique and heroin was available in a variety of sales units.
    • Snowflakes in glassine envelopes are pretty cute.
    • A small glassine bag drug dealers use to store crack, coke or heroin sat open and empty beneath a row of bushes.
    • The road petered out in a jumble of old crash-barriers and concrete dividers, littered now with cigarette and roach butts and the occasional glassine envelope emptied of cocaine.

Origin

Early 20th century: from glass + -ine.

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