Silken

(a.) Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; as, silken cloth; a silken veil.

(a.) Fig.: Soft; delicate; tender; smooth; as, silken language.

(a.) Dressed in silk.

(v. t.) To render silken or silklike.

编辑:兰尼

• In the grasp of his hand her chin was unutterably soft and silken. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• A gay laugh from the court rang through the silken curtains of the verandah. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• You will find the just sum in a silken purse within the leathern pouch, and separate from the rest of the gold. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• But it was as if he had had knowledge of her in the long red rent of her forearm, so silken and soft. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• His hair, which absolutely grew in full ringlets, was of the very finest silken quality. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• The gondolier is a picturesque rascal for all he wears no satin harness, no plumed bonnet, no silken tights. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Some agitated movement occasioned a twitch of the silken chain. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Marie disposed herself on a lounge, under a silken mosquito curtain, and was soon sound asleep. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• The woman, without answering, pushed her pail aside, and continued to stare as Miss Bart swept by with a murmur of silken linings. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• The emperor lays on the table three fine silken threads of six inches long; one is blue, the other red, and the third green. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• Well said Wamba, that silken bonnet keeps out no steel blade. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• The ivy and the moss crept in thick clusters over the old trees, and the soft green turf overspread the ground like a silken mat. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• They had brought along the costly globe lamps from their drawing-rooms, and the lace and silken curtains from the same places, I suppose. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Here were no jewels, no head-dressesno velvet pile or silken sheen purity, simplicity, and a?rial grace reigned in that virgin band. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.

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