单词 | spun silver |
释义 | > as lemmasspun silver b. spun gold, spun silver, a silk thread wound with gold, silver-gilt, or silver wire. Hence spun-golden adj. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > metallic > gold or silver goldOE fildora1350 gold or silk threadc1386 purl1394 silver1423 shreda1450 Venice gold1506 Venice silver1574 spun gold1728 passing1848 tambour1899 the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > golden yellow gildenOE goldena1382 goldya1398 dory1398 goldc1400 goldisha1425 sunlyc1425 goldlya1450 aureatec1450 gildedc1450 giltenc1450 scorn-golda1586 Pactolian1586 aureal1587 gold colour1648 gold-coloured1674 spun gold1728 aurulent1731 aurelian1791 deaurated1818 Tuscan1830 corn-coloured1854 old gold1877 buttercup yellow1880 aureoline1881 sun gold1887 Tuscan-coloured1905 guinea-gold1938 spun-golden1978 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Gold Spun Gold, is the flatted Gold wrapp'd, or laid over a Thread of Silk, by twisting it with a Wheel, and Iron Bobins. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2292/2. 1966 T. Pynchon Crying of Lot 49 i. 21 Frail girls with heart-shaped faces, huge eyes, spun-gold hair. 1978 S. Sheldon Bloodline ii. 40 She had spun-golden hair and skin as delicate as porcelain. < as lemmas |
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