| 单词 | silverweed |
| 释义 | silver /silˈvər/noun
To become silvery ORIGIN: OE silfer, seolfor; ON silfr, Ger Silber silˈveriness noun silˈvering noun Coating with, or of, silver or quicksilver silˈverize or silˈverise transitive verb To coat or treat with silver silˈverling noun (Bible) A small silver coin silˈverly adverb With the appearance or sound of silver silˈvern adjective (poetic)
silˈvery adjective
Silver Age noun
silˈverback noun An older male gorilla with grey hair on its back and flanks silˈver-bath noun (photography) A solution of a silver salt, or a vessel for it, for sensitizing plates silˈver-beater noun A person who beats silver into foil silver bell noun Any of various deciduous trees or shrubs of the genus Halesia, native to N America and China, having bell-shaped silvery-white flowers (also called snowdrop tree) silˈverbill noun The name of three species of the genus Lonchura of weaver-finches, with a silvery sheen to their bills silver birch noun A species of birch, Betula pendula, with silvery-white peeling bark silver bullet noun
silˈvereye noun An Australasian songbird with a white ring around the eyes silver fern noun Another name for the ponga silver fir noun
silˈverfish noun
silver foil noun Silver leaf silver fox noun
silver gate see ivory gate under gate1 silver-giltˈ noun Gilded silver (also adjective) silˈver-glance noun Native sulphide of silver silˈver-grain noun Medullary rays in longitudinal section silver iodide noun A yellow powder that darkens when exposed to light, is used in photography, is scattered on clouds to cause rainfall, and has various medical uses silver jubilee noun A twenty-fifth anniversary Silver Latin noun That written by authors of the Silver Age silver leaf noun
silver lining noun A redeeming aspect of an otherwise unpleasant or unfortunate situation silver medal noun (in athletics competitions, etc) the medal awarded as second prize silˈver-mountˈed adjective silver nitrate noun A poisonous colourless crystalline salt that turns grey or black in the presence of light or organic matter, and has uses in photography, as an antiseptic, etc silver paper noun
silver pheasant noun A white-tailed E Asian pheasant, introduced to Europe, etc silver plate noun
silver-plāˈted adjective silˈverpoint noun The process or product of drawing with a silver-tipped pencil silver salmon noun The coho silver screen noun
silver service noun A method of serving food in restaurants, etc, in which the waiter or waitress uses a spoon and fork held in one hand to transfer food from the serving dish to the diners' plates silˈverside noun A cut of beef taken from the rump, below the aitchbone silˈversides singular noun Any small fish of the family Atherinidae, eg Atherina presbyter, the sand smelt silˈverskin noun The fine skin of a coffee bean silˈversmith noun A worker in silver silˈversmithing noun silver steel noun A type of carbon steel containing silicon, manganese and chromium, and low in phosphorus and sulphur silˈver-stick noun A palace officer, from his silvered wand silver surfer noun (informal) An older person who enjoys using the Internet silverˈtail noun (obs Aust inf)
silver thaw noun (Can) Ice formed by rain freezing rapidly as it hits the ground or other surface silˈver-tongued adjective Plausible, eloquent silver tree noun A silvery-leaved S African proteaceous tree (Leucadendron argenteum) silˈver-voiced adjective silˈverware noun Items, esp tableware or sporting trophies, made from or coated with silver silver wedding noun The twenty-fifth wedding anniversary silˈverweed noun A creeping plant (Potentilla anserina) with silvery leaves and yellow flowers whose starchy roots were used as food from prehistoric times silver white see China white under white silˈver-white adjective Of a lustrous greyish-white colour silver Y noun A noctuid moth (Autographa gamma) with Y-shaped markings on the forewings born with a silver spoon in one's mouth Born to affluence tree of silver see under tree |
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