释义 |
silk-weaver [f. silk n. + weaver.] One who weaves silk stuffs; a weaver of silk fabrics.
1572in Feuillerat Revels Q. Eliz. (1908) 156 The silk-weaver and her parcells. 1645Knaresb. Wills (Surtees) II. 184 John Turpine of Rippon, silkweaver. 1676Dryden Aurengz. Epil. 21 True English hate your Monsieur's Paultry Arts; For you are all Silk-Weavers, in your hearts. 1803Med. Jrnl. IX. 140 A silk weaver, thirty-four years of age. 1835Ure Philos. Manuf. 260 By this disposition, the minds of the silk-weavers in France become elevated and refined. |