織得很鬆、看得見對面的布
這一家就是核心畫面本身：實際摸得到的那塊疏織布，以及把它蓋到別的東西上的動作。
noun · B2
A very light cloth woven so loosely that there are tiny holes all through it, so light and air pass through and you can see the shape of whatever is behind it.
紗；薄紗
核心畫面
Think of a cloth whose threads have been left far apart on purpose. There is more space than thread in it, so light goes through, air goes through, and you can see the shape of whatever stands behind it. Every use of gauze can be traced back to that one picture of an open, see-through weave: the cotton pad on a cut, the square of wire under a , even a thin layer of mist in the air.
gauze 的核心畫面可以想成一塊「故意織得很稀」的布。線跟線之間留著空隙，空隙比線還多。所以光透得過去、風透得過去…更多收起
gauze 的核心畫面可以想成一塊「故意織得很稀」的布。線跟線之間留著空隙，空隙比線還多。所以光透得過去、風透得過去，你也看得見布後面的形狀，卻看不清楚細節。這個字後來的每一種用法，都可以想成從這塊疏織的布長出來：傷口上的棉紗布、燒杯下面的方形鐵網，甚至飄在空氣裡、把遠山邊緣弄柔的那層薄霧。From the word’s history
Wiktionary records gauze as a borrowing from French gaze, from Arabic qazz meaning silk. That fits the core picture: the word starts with a light, open silk cloth, and English then keeps the weave and lets the material change.
Wiktionary 記載 gauze 借自法文 gaze，再往上來自阿拉伯文 قزّ（qazz，「生絲」）。這條線索正好對上核心畫面：這個字一開始講的是又輕又透的絲織品，後來英文留下了「疏織」這件事，材質則隨它去變。
Wiktionary (kaikki extract) entry for gauze: Borrowed from French gaze, from Arabic قَزّ (qazz, silk).
Three branches
同樣的疏織，換成金屬或塑膠
留下核心畫面的織法，把柔軟的棉線換成硬的金屬絲或塑膠絲，於是這片「布」有了形狀、壓不垮。
noun · C1
A thin flat sheet made of fine metal or plastic threads woven together with small holes between them, used to cover an opening or to spread out heat.
金屬細網；網紗
薄得像紗的空氣
把那塊布從手上搬到空氣裡。霧、雲、煙飄在你和景物之間，東西還看得到，邊緣卻柔掉了——那正是隔著一層紗看出去的效果。這是概念上的比喻，不是說歷史上先有霧再有布。
noun · C2
A thin layer of mist, haze or smoke hanging in the air, which softens the edges of everything you look at through it.
薄霧；朦朧的一層