| 单词 | silk |
| 释义 | silk n. 1. a fine strong soft lustrous fibre produced by silkworms in making cocoons. 2. a similar fibre spun by some spiders etc. 3. thread or cloth made from silk fibre. 4. (in pl.) kinds of silk cloth or garments made from it, esp. as worn by a jockey in a horse-owner's colours. 5. Brit. colloq. Queen's (or King's) Counsel, as having the right to wear a silk gown. 6. (attrib.) made of silk (silk blouse). 7. the silky styles of the female maize-flower. Phrases and idioms silk cotton kapok or a similar substance. silk-fowl a breed of fowl with a silky plumage. silk-gland a gland secreting the substance produced as silk. silk hat a tall cylindrical hat covered with silk plush. silk moth any of various large moths of the family Saturniidae, esp. Hyalophora cecropia. silk-screen printing = screen printing. take silk Brit. become a Queen's (or King's) Counsel. Derivatives silklike adj. Etymology: OE sioloc, seolec (cf. ON silki) f. LL sericum neut. of L sericus f. seres f. Gk Seres an oriental people |
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