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单词 silk
释义
silk
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Silk is a very smooth, light fabric that's usually made of fibers from silkworm cocoons. Your sister might decide to wear a white dress made of silk to her wedding.
Silk is often an expensive kind of fabric from which fancy curtains and upholstery are made, as well as clothing. Things made of silk are soft and satiny, and they usually have an almost glossy sheen. The word silk has an Old English root, sioloc, from Sēres, the Greek word for people from the region in Asia where silk was first made.
WORD FAMILY
silk: silken, silklike, silks, silky+/silken: silkenly/silky: silkier, silkiest, silkily, silkiness
USAGE EXAMPLES
The higher-end options — linen, silk, llama, alpaca — hang in a narrow section along the back wall.
New York Times(Dec 31, 2016)
Silk says the victim responded by joking with him with a knife.
Washington Times(Dec 29, 2016)
At night, they will be worn with black silk wrap tops, and during the day they will be worn with silver wrap tops like this:
New York Times(Dec 29, 2016)
1n animal fibers produced by silkworms and other larvae that spin cocoons and by most spiders
Hyper
animal fiber, animal fibre
fiber derived from animals
2n a fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae
Hypo|Hyper
sarcenet, sarsenet
a fine soft silk fabric often used for linings
cloth, fabric, material, textile
artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
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