| 单词 | silk |
| 释义 | silk —silklike, adj. /silk/, n. 1. the soft, lustrous fiber obtained as a filament from the cocoon of the silkworm. 2. thread made from this fiber. 3. cloth made from this fiber. 4. a garment of this cloth. 5. a gown of such material worn distinctively by a King's or Queen's Counsel at the English bar. 6. silks, the blouse and peaked cap, considered together, worn by a jockey or sulky driver in a race. 7. Informal. a parachute, esp. one opened aloft. 8. any fiber or filamentous matter resembling silk, as a filament produced by certain spiders, the thread of a mollusk, or the like. 9. the hairlike styles on an ear of corn. 10. Brit. Informal. a. a King's or Queen's Counsel. b. any barrister of high rank. 11. hit the silk, Slang. to parachute from an aircraft; bail out. 12. take silk, Brit. to become a Queen's or King's Counsel. adj. 13. made of silk. 14. resembling silk; silky. 15. of or pertaining to silk. v.i. 16. (of corn) to be in the course of developing silk. [bef. 900; ME (n.); OE sioloc, seol(o)c (c. ON silki), by uncert. transmission < Gk serikón silk, n. use of neut. of serikós silken, lit., Chinese, deriv. of Sêres the Chinese (Russ shëlk, OPruss silkas (gen.) "silk" appear to be < Gmc); cf. SERIC-] |
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