核心畫面
Start with the thread a spins — extremely fine, strong, and shiny — and the cloth woven from it: cool to the touch, smooth, with a soft gleam when the light moves across it. Almost everything else the word does comes from either that feel of the cloth or from who gets to wear it.
可以從蠶吐出的那根線開始想：極細、極韌、帶著光澤；再想它織成的布——摸上去涼涼滑滑，光線一動就有柔柔的亮面。silk…更多收起
可以從蠶吐出的那根線開始想：極細、極韌、帶著光澤；再想它織成的布——摸上去涼涼滑滑，光線一動就有柔柔的亮面。silk 的其他用法，大致不是從這塊布的觸感長出來的，就是從「誰穿得起、誰被准許穿這種布」延伸出去的。原始詞典資料13 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Silkname
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A surname originating as an occupation for a seller of silk.
silknoun/sɪlk/
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A fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other arthropod (such as a spider).
- We harvested a load of silk from the silkworm farm.
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A thread or yarn made from silk fibers.
- This is sewn from silk.
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A fine, soft cloth woven from silk yarn or thread.
- I'll buy a couple yards of silk.
- It was flood-tide along Fifth Avenue; motor, brougham, and victoria swept by on the glittering current; pretty women glanced out from limousine and tonneau; young men of his own type, silk-hatted, frock-coated, the crooks of their walking sticks tucked up under their left arms, passed on the Park side.
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artscircushobbiesA fine, soft cloth woven from silk yarn or thread.
- She's a master with the silks.
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A fine, soft cloth woven from silk yarn or thread.
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An article of clothing made from silk cloth.
- He's wearing his silk.
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hobbieshorse-racinghorseracingAn article of clothing made from silk cloth.
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An article of clothing made from silk cloth.
另外 2 個記錄的用法
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An article of clothing made from silk cloth.
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Anything which resembles silk, such as the filiform styles of the female flower of maize or the seed covering of bombaxes.
- Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety. She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet.
silkverb/sɪlk/
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agriculturebusinesslifestyleTo develop silk.
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cookingfoodlifestyleTo remove the silk from (corn).
- While we shucked and silked the corn, we talked, sang old nursery rhymes […]
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。