silver
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- n. 銀；銀器；銀幣；銀質獎章；餐具；銀灰色
- adj. 銀的；含銀的；有銀色光澤的；口才流利的；第二十五周年的婚姻
- vi. 變成銀色
- vt. 鍍銀；使有銀色光澤
- n. (Silver)人名；(法)西爾韋；(英、德、芬、瑞典)西爾弗
詞態變化
復數:?silvers;
中文詞源
silver 銀，銀器，銀白色
來自中古英語 silver,銀，來自古英語 seolfor,銀，來自 Proto-Germanic*silubra,銀。引申詞義 銀器，銀白色等。金屬元素銀來自拉丁語 argentum,銀，詞源同 argent,Argentine.
英文詞源
- silver
- silver: [OE] The word silver probably originated in Asia Minor. Its unidentified source word was borrowed into prehistoric Germanic as *silubr-, which has evolved into German silber, Dutch zilver, Danish s?lf, and English and Swedish silver. Borrowing of the same ancestral form into the Balto-Slavic languages produced Russian serebro, Polish and Serbo-Croat srebro, Lithuanian sidabras, and Latvian sidrabs.
- silver (n.)
- Old English seolfor, Mercian sylfur "silver; money," from Proto-Germanic *silubra- (cognates: Old Saxon silvbar, Old Frisian selover, Old Norse silfr, Middle Dutch silver, Dutch zilver, Old High German silabar, German silber "silver; money," Gothic silubr "silver"), from a common Germanic/Balto-Slavic term (cognates: Old Church Slavonic s(u)rebo, Russian serebro, Polish srebro, Lithuanian sidabras "silver") of uncertain relationship and origin. According to Klein's sources, possibly from a language of Asia Minor, perhaps from Akkadian sarpu "silver," literally "refined silver," related to sarapu "to refine, smelt."
As an adjective from late Old English (cognates: silvern). As a color name from late 15c. Of voices, words, etc., from 1520s in reference to the metal's pleasing resonance; silver-tongued is from 1590s. The silver age (1560s) was a phrase used by Greek and Roman poets. Chemical abbreviation Ag is from Latin argentum "silver," from the usual PIE word for the metal (see argent), which is missing in Germanic. - silver (v.)
- "to cover or plate with silver," mid-15c., from silver (n.). Meaning "to tinge with gray" (of hair) is from c. 1600. Related: Silvered; silvering.
雙語例句
- 1. You have to do everything you can. You have to work your hardest. And if you do, if you stay positive, then you have a shot at a silver lining.
- 你必須全力以赴，最大限度地去努力。如果你這么做，并且保持樂觀，你就會看見烏云背后的幸福線。
來自電影《烏云背后的幸福線》
- 2. He and Helen celebrated their silver wedding last year.
- 他和海倫去年慶祝了他們的銀婚。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Jane Pollock Antiques deals in silver and small collectables.
- 簡·波洛克古董店經營銀器和小收藏品。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Using silver tape, they taped all the doors and windows shut.
- 他們用銀色的膠帶將所有的門窗都封起來了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The fall in inflation is the silver lining of the prolonged recession.
- 通貨膨脹的下降是長期經濟衰退中的一線轉機。
來自柯林斯例句