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silver

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Related topics: Colours, Sport, Currencies, Elements
sil·ver1 /ˈsɪlvə $ -ər/ ●●● W3 noun  
1  [uncountableU]HCM a valuable shiny, light grey metal that is used to make jewellery, knives, coins etc. It is a chemical element: symbol Ag 银〔一种化学元素，符号为 Ag〕
 a silver necklace
银项链
 cups made of solid silver
纯银的杯子
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2  [uncountableU]DHC spoons, forks, dishes etc that are made of silver 银餐具〔如汤匙、叉子、碟子等〕 SYN silverware
 It was my job to polish the silver.
我的工作是擦亮银餐具。
3  [countableC, uncountableU]CC the colour of silver 银（白）色
 The lake sparkled with shades of blue and silver.
湖面上泛着蓝色和银白色的波光。
 This season’s colours are rich golds and elegant silvers.
本季的流行颜色是富丽的金色和高雅的银色。
4  [countableC, uncountableU] informalDS a silver medal 银牌
 He won a silver at the last Olympics.
他在上一届奥运会上获得一枚银牌。
5  [uncountableU] British EnglishBrEPEC coins that contain silver or are the colour of silver 银币
 He put his hand into his pocket and brought out a handful of silver.
他把手伸进口袋，掏出一把银币。
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silver• I ended up with a silver.• Also remarkable are the paintings, geometrically designed rooms and wide variety of nearly 200-year-old china and silver.• The shuttle was already no more than a streak of silver.• Overnight the cloud had been whisked away and a full moon hovered in the sky, drenching the rooftops with pale silver.• Necklaces, pendants, bracelets, rings; silver and turquoise glittered in the white light.• Use a soft cloth to polish the silver.
solid silver• 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.• Four coins from his mint there are extant; two of them are solid silver, and two are plated.• Solid value in solid silver will pay dividends, but will it show you a profit?• Lucker feels a tug, and reels in a beautiful sea trout, a bullet of solid silver muscle.• It was used to produce a cheaper form of tableware than solid silver.• I can't really imagine it shedding that solid silver butcher's hook, but who knows?• But it was solid silver - and the inscription must have cost a bit as well.
Related topics: Colours, Elements
silver2 ●●● W3 adjectiveadj  
1  HCMmade of silver 银制的，银质的
 a silver teapot
银茶壶
 a silver coin
一枚银币
 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。
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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。
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silver bullet• To kill the witch you need a silver bullet.• More investment isn't a silver bullet for poor neighborhoods.• A pilot scale rig dedicated to the exploration and development of the silver bullet process has been fully operational for some months.• Perhaps silver bullets would have done the trick.
→ be born with a silver spoon in your mouth at born1(8), → every cloud has a silver lining at cloud1(6)
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silver• Think cyber in black, white, silver and crayon colors.• a silver Mercedes• a silver pitcher• He noticed she needed two hands to lift the silver pot.• There are Standard, First and Premier fares, the latter including silver service at seat dining to make the day complete.• He was not now in a tight black jacket, with silver trimmings on black trousers.• Clare could see more rusty chain around the slender, peeling, silver trunk of a nearby birch tree.
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?
silver3 verb [transitiveT]  
1. technicalTIG to cover a surface with a thin shiny layer of silver or another metal in order to make a mirror 给…镀银[金属]〔以制作镜子〕
2  literary to make something shine and look the colour of silver 使发出银色光泽，使呈银色
 The farmhouse appeared, silvered by the moon.
农舍出现了，在月光下泛着银光。
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silver• The bare trees were silvered in the moonlight.• Mist silvering the droplets on the bare thorns Slower than the change of daylight.• Below, concertina wires flared their silvered thorns.• The dome was silvered with frost.
Silvern  
nthe name of the lone ranger‘s horse in a US television show. The Lone Ranger always said ’Hi ho Silver!' before riding away on him.
Origin silver1
Old English seolfor
sil·ver1 nounsilver2 adjectiveadjsilver3 verbSilvern
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