Silk

[sɪlk]

解释:

(noun.) a fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae.

(noun.) animal fibers produced by silkworms and other larvae that spin cocoons and by most spiders.

整理:凯瑟琳--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) The fine, soft thread produced by various species of caterpillars in forming the cocoons within which the worm is inclosed during the pupa state, especially that produced by the larvae of Bombyx mori.

(n.) Hence, thread spun, or cloth woven, from the above-named material.

(n.) That which resembles silk, as the filiform styles of the female flower of maize.

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解释:

n. the delicate soft thread produced by the larv?of certain bombycid moths which feed on the leaves of the mulberry &c.: thread or cloth woven from it: anything resembling silk the styles of maize the silky lustre in the ruby &c.—adj. pertaining to or consisting of silk.—n. Silk′-cott′on the silky seed-covering of various species of Bombax.—adjs. Silk′en made of silk: dressed in silk: resembling silk: soft: delicate; Silk′-fig′ured having the ornamental pattern in silk.—ns. Silk′-gown or The silk the robe of a queen's or king's counsel instead of the stuff-gown of the ordinary barrister—hence 'to take silk'=to be appointed Q.C.; Silk′-grass Adam's needle or bear-grass; Silk′iness; Silk′-man (Shak.) a dealer in silks; Silk′-mer′cer a mercer or dealer in silks; Silk′-mill a mill for the manufacture of silks; Silk′-pa′per tissue-paper; Silk′-reel a machine in which raw silk is unwound from the cocoons and wound into a thread; Silk′-throw′er -throw′ster one who manufactures thrown-silk or organzine silk thread formed by twisting together two or more threads or singles; Silk′-weav′er a weaver of silk stuffs; Silk′worm the bombycid moth whose larva produces silk; Silk′worm-gut a material used by anglers for dressing the hook-end of the fishing-line consisting of the drawn-out glands of the silkworm when these are fully distended.—adj. Silk′y like silk in texture: soft: smooth: glossy.

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