silk

英 [sɪlk]

美 [sɪlk]

n. (蚕)丝; 丝织物; 丝绸; (用于缝纫的)丝线

复数：silks　

Oxford 3000 / Collins.2 / BNC.3130 / COCA.3969

习惯用语

make a silk purse out of a sow's ear

用劣材制精品；化腐朽为神奇
to succeed in making sth good out of material that does not seem very good at all

noun

（蚕）丝
fine soft thread produced by silkworms
丝织物；丝绸
a type of fine smooth cloth made from silk thread
1. a silk blouse
  女式丝绸衬衫
2. silk stockings
  长筒丝袜
3. made of pure silk
  纯丝做的
4. Her skin was as smooth as silk .
  她的皮肤像丝绸一样光滑。
（用于缝纫的）丝线
silk thread used for sewing
丝绸衣服（尤指骑师在赛马时穿的彩色赛马衫）
clothes made of silk , especially the coloured shirts worn by people riding horses in a race (= jockeys )
王室律师；王室法律顾问
a type of lawyer who represents the government (= a King's/Queen's counsel )
1. to take silk (= to become this type of lawyer)
  担任王室律师

N-MASS 蚕丝;丝绸;丝线
Silkis a substance which is made into smooth fine cloth and sewing thread. You can also refer to this cloth or thread assilk.
1. They continued to get their silks from China...
  他们继续从中国购买丝绸。
2. Pauline wore a silk dress with a strand of pearls.
  保利娜穿了件丝绸长裙，戴了串珍珠。
3. ...softer-looking shades in silk.
  看上去更柔和的丝绸颜色
N-UNCOUNT (蜘蛛等所分泌的)丝
You can refer to the substance produced by some creatures such as spiders assilk.
1. ...the silk threads of a spider's web.
  蜘蛛网的丝线

noun

a fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae
animal fibers produced by silkworms and other larvae that spin cocoons and by most spiders

They continued to get their silks from China
他们继续从中国购买丝绸。
Dena bought rolls of silk that seemed ridiculously cheap
德娜买了几卷看起来非常次的丝绸。
He was wearing a cream silk shirt and a tartan golfing cap.
他身着一件米色丝绸衬衫，头戴一顶花格子高尔夫球帽。
Silkworms spin silk.
蚕吐丝。
Silk was used with wool for contrast.
丝绸和毛料用在一起以形成对比。
Zurich's affluence came initially from cornering a sizeable chunk of the 14th Century silk trade.
苏黎世的富足最初来自于14世纪对丝绸贸易的高度垄断。
This painting on silk is in tatters.
这张帛画已经破碎了。
Natural fabrics like silk and wool are better insulators than synthetics.
丝绸和羊毛之类的纯天然织物比合成纤维的保暖性更好。
It is woven of [ from] silk.
这是用丝织成的。
China was the first country in the world to cultivate silkworms and develop silk weaving. More than 3,000 years ago, sericulture and silk weaving were already significantly developed.
中国是世界上最早发明养蚕和丝织的国家；早在3,000多年以前，蚕桑、丝织已相当发达。