silvern
英 ['sɪlv(ə)n]
美['sɪlvɚn]
- adj. 银一般的，银的
英英释义
- 1. resembling or reminiscent of silver;
- "a soft silvern voice"
- "singing in her silvery tones"
- 2. having the white lustrous sheen of silver;
- "a land of silver (or silvern) rivers where the salmon leap"
- "repeated scrubbings have given the wood a silvery sheen"
英文词源
- silvern (adj.)
- Middle English silveren, from Old English seolfren "made of silver;" see silver (n.) + -en (2). Similar formation in German silbern, Dutch zilveren. Fallen from use in English except in poetry.