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| 1 | U thin smooth cloth made from the fibres produced by an insect called a silkworm 丝绸 |
| an elegant shirt made of pure Chinese silk 典雅的纯中国丝绸衬衫 |
| | 1a | made of silk 丝绸制的 | | an expensive Italian silk suit 昂贵的意大利丝织套服 | |
| | 1b | U the thread used for making silk 丝线 | |
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| 2 | silks plural the bright coloured shirt worn by a jockey (= someone who rides a horse in a race) （骑师在赛马中穿的）彩色绸制赛马服 |
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| 3 | C BRITISH legal a qc |
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| - | make a silk purse out of a sow’ s ear
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| to try to improve a person or object that cannot be changed |
| 把劣材制成美器；把朽木雕成艺术品 |
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