silken

adjective · verbA2

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Tính từ

adjective

1.
(not comparable)Made of silk.
a silken veil
2.
Synonym of silky, like silk, silklike, particularly
3.
(not comparable)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.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

silkens

V_ing/Gerund

silkening

V_ed/pp

silkened

1.
(transitive)To render silken or silklike.
silkening body lotion

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Đồng nghĩa

silk sericmade of silk silk; seric rare

Cùng gốc / liên quan

silken tofusilkenly

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English silken, selken, seolkene, from Old English seolcen, from seolc (silk) + -en, from an unattested early - borrowing from Latin sēricum, from Ancient Greek σηρικός (silken), from σήρ (silkworm) + -ικός (-ic). Equivalent to silk + -en. Cognate with selkin, silkin (silken), silki silken.