silk

noun

/sɪlk/

Idioms

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[uncountable] fine soft thread produced by silkworms
- The caterpillar spins the silk around its entire body.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- heavy
- delicate
- fine
- …
verb + silk
- wear
- produce
- spin
- …
silk + noun
- industry
- mill
- merchant
- …
preposition
- in silk
- of silk
See full entry
[uncountable, countable] a type of fine smooth cloth made from silk thread; a piece of this cloth
- a silk dress/blouse/scarf/tie/sari
- silk stockings
- made of pure silk
- Her skin was as smooth as silk.
- fine silks produced in Italy
see also watered silk, wild silk
Extra Examples
- a drawing room decorated in rich blue and purple silks
- the bright silks of saris
Topics Clothes and Fashionb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- heavy
- delicate
- fine
- …
verb + silk
- wear
- produce
- spin
- …
silk + noun
- industry
- mill
- merchant
- …
preposition
- in silk
- of silk
See full entry
[uncountable] thread made of silk used for sewing
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- heavy
- delicate
- fine
- …
verb + silk
- wear
- produce
- spin
- …
silk + noun
- industry
- mill
- merchant
- …
preposition
- in silk
- of silk
See full entry
silks
[plural] clothes made of silk, especially the coloured shirts worn by people riding horses in a race (= jockeys)
- ladies in silks and satins
[countable] (British English, law) a type of lawyer who represents the government (= a King’s Counsel / Queen’s Counsel)
- to take silk (= to become this type of lawyer)

Word OriginOld English sioloc, seolec, from late Latin sericum, neuter of Latin sericus, based on Greek Sēres, the name given to the inhabitants of the Far Eastern countries from which silk first came overland to Europe.

Idioms

(you can't) make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear

(you won't) succeed in making something good out of material that does not seem very good at allTopics Successc2

单词	silk
释义	silk noun /sɪlk/ /sɪlk/ Idioms jump to other results [uncountable] fine soft thread produced by silkworms The caterpillar spins the silk around its entire body. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective heavy delicate fine … verb + silk wear produce spin … silk + noun industry mill merchant … preposition in silk of silk See full entry [uncountable, countable] a type of fine smooth cloth made from silk thread; a piece of this cloth a silk dress/blouse/scarf/tie/sari silk stockings made of pure silk Her skin was as smooth as silk. fine silks produced in Italy see also watered silk, wild silk Extra Examples a drawing room decorated in rich blue and purple silks the bright silks of saris Topics Clothes and Fashionb2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective heavy delicate fine … verb + silk wear produce spin … silk + noun industry mill merchant … preposition in silk of silk See full entry [uncountable] thread made of silk used for sewing Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective heavy delicate fine … verb + silk wear produce spin … silk + noun industry mill merchant … preposition in silk of silk See full entry silks [plural] clothes made of silk, especially the coloured shirts worn by people riding horses in a race (= jockeys) ladies in silks and satins [countable] (British English, law) a type of lawyer who represents the government (= a King’s Counsel / Queen’s Counsel) to take silk (= to become this type of lawyer) Word OriginOld English sioloc, seolec, from late Latin sericum, neuter of Latin sericus, based on Greek Sēres, the name given to the inhabitants of the Far Eastern countries from which silk first came overland to Europe. Idioms (you can't) make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear (you won't) succeed in making something good out of material that does not seem very good at allTopics Successc2
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