a type of cloth made from silk, cotton or nylon, with a thick, soft surface 丝绒；立绒；经绒；天鹅绒 a velvet dress 天鹅绒连衣裙 velvet curtains/drapes 天鹅绒窗帘／帷幕 curtains of heavy crimson velvet 厚重的深红色天鹅绒窗帘
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- heavy
- thick
- soft
- …
- of velvet
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French veluotte, from velu ‘velvety’, from medieval Latin villutus, from Latin villus ‘tuft, down’.
Idioms
an iron fist/hand (in a velvet glove)
if you use the words an iron fist/hand when describing the way that somebody behaves, you mean that they treat people severely. This treatment may be hidden behind a kind appearance (the velvet glove). （温和背后的）铁拳 They promised that the army would strike with an iron fist at any resistance. 他们承诺军队将对任何抵抗采取铁腕手段。 The iron hand in the velvet glove approach seems to work best with this age group. 天鹅绒手套方法中的铁手似乎最适合这个年龄组。