silver2 ●●● W3 adjectiveadj 1 HCMmade of silver 银制的,银质的 a solid silver brooch 纯银饰针
2 CChaving the colour of silver 银(白)色的 an old man with silver hair 一位银发老人
3 on a silver platter if something is given to you on a silver platter, you do not have to make any effort to get it 毫不费力,轻易得到 He had a scholarship handed to him on a silver platter. 他毫不费力就拿到了一份奖学金。
on a silver platter• Uluru sits on the desert like a cake on a silver platter. 4 silver bullet American EnglishAmE something that solves a difficult problem very quickly and easily 〔解决难题的〕简捷办法,高招 There is no silver bullet for this problem. 解决这个问题没有特效药。
→ be born with a silver spoon in your mouth at born1(8), → every cloud has a silver lining at cloud1(6) solid silver• It was used to produce a cheaper form of tableware than solid silver.• But it was solid silver - and the inscription must have cost a bit as well.• Four coins from his mint there are extant; two of them are solid silver, and two are plated.• I can't really imagine it shedding that solid silver butcher's hook, but who knows?• A miniature oak four-poster bed is £30 and a solid silver canteen of cutlery is £44.• The black brows knit, and solid silver laurels bobbed.• Lucker feels a tug, and reels in a beautiful sea trout, a bullet of solid silver muscle.• Solid value in solid silver will pay dividends, but will it show you a profit?