英语词汇“silken”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	silken
释义	silk·en I. \ˈsilkən, ˈsiu̇k-\ adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English seolcen, from seolc silk + -en 1. : made of silk : consisting of silk < silken threads > < a silken veil > < in certain spiders the female carries the eggs about with her in a silken case — H.M.Parshley > 2. : resembling silk: as a. : soft, lustrous < her ability to look gracefully silken on occasion — Adrian Bell > b. (1) : agreeably smooth : harmonious < silken voices > < the silken sonority of the strings — Virgil Thomson > < doesn't hold with the silken and the silver epithet — Josephine Miles > (2) : ingratiating, insinuating < said … in the silken town voice — Paul Bowles > c. : delicate, tender, gentle < silken slumbers > < a silken touch > d. : low, even < a silken sound > e. : extremely graceful : lithe < whirled upon him with the silken savagery of a little panther — Elinor Wylie > 3. : furnished with silk : producing silk < from silken Samarcand — John Keats > < silken chambers > 4. a. : dressed in silk < silken ankles > b. : luxurious < silken young gallants — F.X.Braun > < reading public is preoccupied with murder, mayhem, and silken dalliance — Police Review > c. : effeminate < silken sons of pride — Van Wyck Brooks > II. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) 1. : to make silken or silklike < a shampoo that silkens your hair — advt > < the new silkened worsted — New York Times Magazine > 2. : to cover with or as if with silk : dress in silk < smiles and graces of silkened beauty — George Catlin >
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