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单词 silky
释义 silky
I. \ˈsilkē, ˈsiu̇k-, -ki\ adjective
(usually -er/-est)
Etymology: silk (I) + -y
1.
 a. : consisting of silk
 b.
  (1) : like silk in appearance, feel, or sound : soft, smooth, glossy, sleek
   < silky printed cottons — Lois Long >
   < velvet that feels almost as thick and silky as fur — New Yorker >
   < commonest of these silky quartzes is tigereye — Jeweler's Circular-Keystone >
   < faint, silky cirrus wisps — John Muir †1914 >
   < hear the silky swish of a hurled spear — Charles Lee >
  (2) : ingratiating
   < silky insinuations >
   < a silky voice >
   < names that have a silky sound to them — John McNulty >
2. : having or covered with fine soft hairs, plumes, or scales
II. noun
or silk·ie \“\
(plural silkies)
Etymology: silky (I)
1. : a bird of a breed of small five-toed crested domestic fowls having soft white webless feathers and the ear lobes and the lumpy rose comb purple
2. : a mutation of the domestic fowl in which the barbs of the feathers are not linked together to form a web
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