Silk

(noun.) a fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae.

(noun.) animal fibers produced by silkworms and other larvae that spin cocoons and by most spiders.

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• I took off my silk gown to begin with, because the slightest noise from it on that still night might have betrayed me. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• He wore a high silk hat which was a little old, but had been carefully brushed. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Over this is placed a water-tight covering of pegamoid, and the lower part covered with light silk. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• There were painted white chairs, with gilding and wreaths on them, and some lingering red silk damask with slits in it. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• It consists of a series of silk disks saturated with a sizing of plumbago and well dried. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• De Chardonnet’s Process of Making Artificial Silk. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Oh dear me, I must get some string, or silk, or—Oh, she cried, struck with a sudden thought, have you a knife? 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• With infinite difficulty, for he was stubborn as a stone, I persuaded him to make an exchange in favour of a sober black satin and pearl-grey silk. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• I'm sure our pops look like silk, and they are nice enough for us. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• The violet silk would be so nice. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• But all natural fabrics, whether they come from plants, like cotton and linen, or from animals, like wool and silk, contain more or less coloring matter, which impairs the whiteness. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• With our black silk face-coverings, which turned us into two of the most truculent figures in London, we stole up to the silent, gloomy house. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Silk, lace, and wool when bleached with chlorine become hard and brittle, but when whitened with sulphurous acid, they retain their natural characteristics. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Everything is as handsome as could be, crape and silk and everything, said Mrs. Vincy, contentedly. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Nobody had disturbed her, no faint rustling of the silk dress had been audible, either in the ante-room or in the passage. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Wines, currants, and wrought silks, were the only goods which did not fall within this rule, having other and more advantageous allowances. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• After I had eaten I was greatly invigorated, but feeling the need of rest I stretched out upon the silks and was soon asleep. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• Mr. Moore, she said, as she gathered up her silks, have you heard from your brother lately? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• See, I have it here, and as she spoke she drew Tan Gama's short-sword from beneath her sleeping silks and furs. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• The other occupants of the room, five in number, were all females, and they were still sleeping, piled high with a motley array of silks and furs. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• Gently I pressed it open a crack; enough to discover a dozen blacks stretched upon their silks in profound slumber. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• It is the same with silks, antiquities, shawls, etc. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• We decided to wait for an hour at least until all the stragglers had sought their silks. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• I think I shall trade, said he, leaning back in his chair, to the East Indies, for silks, shawls, spices, dyes, drugs, and precious woods. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Smugglers landing laces and silks have been known to wind them around their bodies, as being less ostentatious than carrying them in a trunk. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• It was no more torn collars now, I promise you, and faded silks trailing off at the shoulder. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The chill of the Martian night was upon us, and removing my silks I threw them across the shoulders of Dejah Thoris. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• I meant to have told you that we did not wish to purchase any silks to-day, but in my absent-mindedness I forgot it. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• An elegant general preparation for cleaning gloves, silks, etc. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Ribbons, and silks, and flowers, and pipings; quite unlike the real shepherds and shepherdesses of Melnos, but deliciously delicate for all that. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.

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