silken
Made of silkMade of silk.
» Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.
Значення
значень: 5(без ступенів порівняння)Made of silk.
a silken veil
seiden
шёлковыйšólkovyj
Synonym of silky, like silk, silklike, particularly
(без ступенів порівняння)Having a smooth, soft, or light texture.
having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; being of a smooth, soft and lustrous quality, resembling silk
(без ступенів порівняння)Suave.
(переносно, без ступенів порівняння)Having a smooth, soft, or flowing utterance; attractive or (typically derogatory) convincing through pleasing expression.
(без ступенів порівняння)Dressed in silk.
Приклади
речень: 4Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.
He laughed, and his laughter was like the purr of a sword sliding from a silken sheath.
deEr lachte, und sein Gelächter glich dem Schnurren eines Schwertes, das aus einer seidenen Scheide gleitet. — Yorwba
This silken vest here, green like the sea, reminds us that we spent three days under the ocean.
Her dainty feet were sandal-clad, while her head remained bare of covering other than her silken tresses.
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мов: 5За значеннями 1
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Походження
From Middle English silken, selken, seolkene, from Old English seolcen, from seolc (“silk”From Middle English silken, selken, seolkene, from Old English seolcen, from seolc (“silk”) + -en, from an unattested early Proto-West Germanic borrowing from Latin sēricum, from Ancient Greek σηρικός (sērikós, “silken”), from σήρ (sḗr, “silkworm”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”). Equivalent to silk + -en (“made of”). Cognate with Scots selkin, silkin (“silken”), Icelandic silki (“silken”).
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