材質：真的是絲做的
這一支就是核心畫面本身，沒有任何比喻：手上那塊絲，做成了衣服、窗簾或線。
adjective · C1
Made of silk — the smooth, shiny cloth that comes from the threads of silkworms. Used of clothes, cloth and thread.
絲製的
核心畫面
You can hold a piece of silk in your mind: smooth under the hand, soft, with a quiet shine, and moving lightly when the air moves. Every use of silken can be seen as that piece of silk moving outward — first the plain statement that a thing is made of it, then the comparison that a thing feels or looks like it, and finally a voice or a manner that slides along just as easily.
可以想成手上放著一塊絲綢：摸起來滑、摸起來軟、看起來有一層安靜的光，風一吹就輕輕動。silken 的各種用法，就像從…更多收起
可以想成手上放著一塊絲綢：摸起來滑、摸起來軟、看起來有一層安靜的光，風一吹就輕輕動。silken 的各種用法，就像從這塊絲綢一層一層往外延伸。最裡面是最字面的一層：這東西是絲做的。再往外一層是比喻：頭髮、皮膚、豆腐並不是絲，但摸起來、看起來就是那個樣子。最外面一層連人都包了進來：一個人的聲音或態度聽起來太順、太柔，也叫 silken，而這時候通常還藏著一句沒說出口的話——太順了，不一定可信。From the word’s history
The supplied source traces silken to Old English seolcen, that is silk plus the ending -en meaning ‘made of’ — the same ending as in wooden and golden. The oldest sense is therefore the material one, and the comparison senses grow out from it.
來源資料把 silken 追到古英語 seolcen，也就是 silk（絲）加上字尾 -en（用某種材料做的），和 wooden、golden 同一個造法。所以最早的意思就是「絲做的」。這條線索也解釋了為什麼今天字典會把「絲製的」和「像絲一樣」放在同一個字底下：後者是從前者借畫面出去的。
Wiktionary entry supplied in this packet (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1029160231): ‘From Old English seolcen, from seolc (silk) + -en … Equivalent to silk + -en (made of).’
Three branches
像絲：滑、軟、有光
把那塊絲的觸感借出去：東西不是絲，但摸起來、看起來就是那樣。
adjective · C1
Soft, smooth and a little shiny to touch or to look at, in the way silk is. The thing itself does not have to be made of silk; it is being compared to silk. Used about hair, skin, fur, cloth, and about food with a very smooth texture.
柔滑如絲
借到人身上：太順、太好聽
絲的那個「不卡手」再往外借一層，用來講聲音和態度：話講得太順，聽的人反而會起疑。
adjective · C2
Of a person's voice, manner or words: smooth, soft and pleasant to listen to. The source marks this use as figurative and often disapproving, because the smoothness is usually being used to charm people, and the speaker may not be honest.
圓滑動聽的