单词 | soft as silk |
释义 | > as lemmassoft as silk c. In comparisons, esp. soft as silk. ΚΠ a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 39 Body ant brest wel mad al,..eyþer side soft ase sylk. c1386 G. Chaucer Squire's Tale 605 Theigh thou..straw her cage faire and soft as silk. c1400 26 Pol. Poems 126 My bloode ys nessher than ys sylke. a1513 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen in Poems (1998) I. 43 Soft and soupill as the silk. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 3993 Cassandra..was a Clene Maydon, Semely of a Sise, as the silke white. a1732 J. Gay New Song Similes in Poet. Wks. (1784) II. 115 Plump as a Partridge was I known, And Soft as Silk my Skin. < as lemmas |
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