单词 | silkiness |
释义 | silk /silk/noun
To cover or clothe with silk ORIGIN: OE seolc, from L sēricum; see seric silkˈen adjective
To make silken silkˈily adverb silkˈiness noun silkˈ-like adjective silkˈy adjective silk cotton noun The silky seed-covering of Eriodendron anfractuosum and other trees of the family Bombacaceae silk gland noun A gland (at a silkworm's mouth, on a spider's abdomen) from which silk is spun silkˈ-grass noun A name for various plants with fibrous leaves, eg Karatus (Bromeliaceae), Yucca, Agave silkˈgrower noun A breeder of silkworms for silk silk hat noun A top hat silkˈ-man noun (Shakespeare) A dealer in silks silkˈscreen noun A print produced by the silkscreen process (or silkscreen printing), a printmaking process in which silk (or now more usually a synthetic fibre) is stretched and attached to a frame with stencils attached to the underside of the fabric mesh, colour then being forced through the upper side of the mesh, using a rubber squeegee, onto those areas of the print not blocked out by the stencil silkˈtail noun The waxwing silkˈ-thrower or silkˈ-throwster noun A person who makes raw silk into thread silkˈweed noun Same as milkweed (see under milk) silkˈworm noun
silkˈworm-gut noun The drawn-out glands of the silkworm silky oak noun Any of several Australian trees of the genus Grevillea, yielding smooth timber take silk To become a Queen's (or King's) Counsel |
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