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fine soft thread produced by silkworms （蠶）絲 The caterpillar spins the silk around its entire body. 毛毛蟲把絲繞着它的整個身體旋轉。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- heavy
- delicate
- fine
- …
- wear
- produce
- spin
- …
- industry
- mill
- merchant
- …
- in silk
- of silk
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a type of fine smooth cloth made from silk thread; a piece of this cloth 絲織物；絲綢 a silk dress/blouse/scarf/tie/sari 絲綢連衣裙/襯衫/圍巾/領帶/紗麗 silk stockings 長筒絲襪 made of pure silk 純絲做的 Her skin was as smooth as silk. 她的皮膚像絲綢一樣光滑。 fine silks produced in Italy 意大利産上等絲綢
Extra ExamplesTopics Clothes and Fashionb2a drawing room decorated in rich blue and purple silks 由華麗的藍色和紫色絲綢裝飾的客廳 the bright silks of saris 莎麗鮮亮的絲綢
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- heavy
- delicate
- fine
- …
- wear
- produce
- spin
- …
- industry
- mill
- merchant
- …
- in silk
- of silk
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thread made of silk used for sewing （用於縫紉的）絲線 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- heavy
- delicate
- fine
- …
- wear
- produce
- spin
- …
- industry
- mill
- merchant
- …
- in silk
- of silk
- silks[plural]
clothes made of silk, especially the coloured shirts worn by people riding horses in a race (= jockeys) 絲綢衣服（尤指騎師在賽馬時穿的彩色賽馬衫） ladies in silks and satins 穿着錦衣華服的女士
- [countable] (British English,
law 法律 a type of lawyer who represents the government (= a King’s Counsel / Queen’s Counsel) 皇家大律師；王室法律顧問 to take silk (= to become this type of lawyer) 擔任皇家大律師
Word OriginOld English sioloc, seolec, from late Latin sericum, neuter of Latin sericus, based on Greek Sēres, the name given to the inhabitants of the Far Eastern countries from which silk first came overland to Europe.
Idioms
(you can't) make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear
(you won't) succeed in making something good out of material that does not seem very good at all 用劣材制精品；化腐朽爲神奇