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单词 silken
释义
silken
(sɪlkən )
1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Silken is used to describe things that are very pleasantly smooth and soft. [literary]
...her long silken hair.
...her long, silken legs.
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
A silken garment, fabric, or rope is made of silk or a material that looks like silk. [literary]
...a silken nightshirt.
...silken cushions.
Collocations:
silken thread
They are looper caterpillars, which lift themselves like croquet hoops when they walk, and they can also float across to another tree, hanging on a silken thread.
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Eventually, the silken thread will adhere to an object where the young spider will establish its own web.
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Other people have taken the metaphor farther by comparing the act of baling out with that of the caterpillar letting itself down to earth by a silken thread.
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They also balloon from one tree to another on long silken threads.
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They hide in a rolled-up leaf held together by silk and eat it from inside, and they drop down on silken threads if disturbed.
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