| 单词 | cornsilk |
| 释义 | > as lemmascorn-silk corn-silk n. U.S. the styles of maize. Π 1861 Harper's Mag. Aug. 322/2 [The] Tinea Maisinia—‘Corn-silk Moth’..feeds only on the efflorescence or silk of the corn. 1878 B. F. Taylor Between Gates 258 Let the fellow's hair turn the color of corn-silk in the sun. 1902 S. E. White Blazed Trail xxxix. 279 His eyes desired to follow the soft white curve of her cheek to dance with the light of her corn-silk hair. 1967 Boston Sunday Herald 26 Mar. iv. 5/3 Ada Cloninger..had never smoked anything since a girlish bout with corn silk. 1968 Washington Post 5 July A 18/3 Dyed corn husks, corn silk and pipe cleaners. cornsilk cornsilk adj. North American (of hair) resembling the colour and texture of cornsilk; fine and pale blonde. Π 1894 Daily Rev. (Decatur, Illinois) 29 May They would be far more appropriate for that fairy-like little sister of hers, with the pansy eyes and corn-silk hair. 1940 W. Faulkner Hamlet iv. 292 The month-old corn-silk beard which concealed most of his abraded face. 1995 J. Hildebrand Mapping Farm viii. 100 Her angular face and cornsilk hair favored the St. Georges. < as lemmas |
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