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单词 velvet
释义
velvet
noun[U]
uk
/ˈvel.vɪt/us
/ˈvel.vɪt/
C2
aclothusually made fromsilkorcottonwith athick,softsurface:
丝绒；平绒；天鹅绒
Herskinwasassoftasvelvet.她的皮肤柔滑得像天鹅绒一样。
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Textiles made from natural fibres
  • bamboo
  • bombazine
  • burlap
  • calico
  • cambric
  • distaff
  • faille
  • felt
  • fishnet
  • flannelette
  • nankeen
  • needlecord
  • netting
  • oilskin
  • organdie
  • ticking
  • towelling
  • tulle
  • tweed
  • twill
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velvet
adjective
uk
/ˈvel.vɪt/us
/ˈvel.vət/

velvetadjective(CLOTH)

made of velvet:
天鹅绒制的；天鹅绒的
a velvetdress丝绒长裙
velvetcurtains/cushions天鹅绒窗帘／坐垫
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Soft and fluffy
  • anneal
  • as smooth as silk/a baby's bottomidiom
  • billowy
  • cottony
  • feathery
  • foamy
  • frothy
  • gauzy
  • lathery
  • limp
  • silken
  • soften
  • softener
  • softness
  • soggily
  • sogginess
  • spongy
  • ultra-soft
  • velvety
  • workable
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velvetadjective(QUALITY)

literary
(alsovelvety)
Something that is velvety has abeautifulsoft,smoothqualityorappearance, usually somethingdarkordeep:
柔软光滑的；天鹅绒般的（通常为暗色的）
under awonderfulvelvetsky在天鹅绒般的美丽天空下
His velvetybrowneyeshad been hispassporttofame.他那双温柔深邃的棕色眼睛帮助他一路成名。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Soft and fluffy
  • anneal
  • as smooth as silk/a baby's bottomidiom
  • billowy
  • cottony
  • feathery
  • foamy
  • frothy
  • gauzy
  • lathery
  • limp
  • silken
  • soften
  • softener
  • softness
  • soggily
  • sogginess
  • spongy
  • ultra-soft
  • velvety
  • workable
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(Definition ofvelvetfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

velvet| American Dictionary

velvet
noun[U]
us
/ˈvel·vɪt/
aclothwith asoft,furrysurface
(Definition ofvelvetfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofvelvet

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Colourful velvets for the outer case began to appear in the early nineteenth century.
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Courtiers played their parts in carefully selected clothes; jewelled hats, white satins, tawny velvets, orange taffetas.
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Perhaps more understandable is the impulse to dress her not in the white cloth of gold but the spectacular velvets more usual to male monarchs on that day.
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We want thevelvet-glove treatment with our own work; therefore, we may well remain politic about others' practical work in the meantime.
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The manic pace and utter disbelief of thevelvetrevolution has subsided.
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The materials and finish give it the impression of a ballroom:velveton the rear wall, red wall surfaces.
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Thevelvetcloth is a near perfect black, but more expensive and less readily available than the other materials.
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His adoption of blues and lavenders, his use of satin andvelvet, also recall the great late eighteenth-century fops.
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A blackvelvetmat was placed on a table in a darkened room and illuminated with a table lamp placed at 40cm from the mat.
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The lid was similarly fitted though sometimes thevelvetdid intrude on the surface of the underside.
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In the darkness, we padded across the dank, wetvelvetfloor and out through the kitchen wall into a street whose hollow buildings leaned outwards.
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One, blackvelvet, was outstanding in all ranges, its reflectance being almost zero.
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A blackvelvetcur tain was draped around the experimental setup in order to provide optimal contrast.
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One might dress them invelvet, if so desired; but would that there be men in the story, and that all such works emanate from a wrenching cry of humanity.
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Import licences are not being issued at present for cotton piece goods other than sateens, velvets and velveteens.
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