silken

大学 FREQ #33932

a. 丝的, 绸制的, 柔软的, 圆滑的

发音

US /ˈsɪlkən/

词形变化

silkened silkening silkens 三单 silkens silkening 现在分词 silkened 过去式 silkened 过去分词

教材释义与例句

形容词

绸的；柔软的；丝制的

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To render silken or silklike.

    及物

    silkening body lotion

adj.
  1. 1.

    Made of silk.

    a silken veil

  2. 2.

    Synonym of silky, like silk, silklike, particularly

    Having a smooth, soft, or light texture.

  3. 3.

    Synonym of silky, like silk, silklike, particularly

    Suave.

    1923, Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados […] an admired silken-mannered gentleman in society, a tolerable polecat at home […]

  4. 4.

    Synonym of silky, like silk, silklike, particularly

    Having a smooth, soft, or flowing utterance; attractive or (typically derogatory) convincing through pleasing expression.

    比喻
  5. 5.

    Dressed in silk.

    Last Saturday was three Weeks, at Two, in the Afternoon, I sent out my Servant, to watch a Couple of these Silken Strollers, and keep, if possible, within Ken of them.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 5

slick silky sleek satiny silklike

近义相关 1

bright

相关短语

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词源

From Middle English silken, selken, seolkene, from Old English seolcen, from seolc (“silk”) + -en, from an unattested early Proto-West Germanic borrowing from Latin sēricum, from Ancient Greek σηρικός (sērikós, “silken”), from σήρ (sḗr, “silkworm”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”). Equivalent to silk + -en (“made of”). Cognate with Scots selkin, silkin (“silken”), Icelandic silki (“silken”).

来源：wiktionary