Definition of silver in English:

silver

noun ˈsɪlvəˈsɪlvər

mass noun

1A precious shiny greyish-white metal, the chemical element of atomic number 47.
（化学元素）银（符号： Ag ）
A transition metal, silver is found in nature as the native metal as well as in combined form in ore minerals. It is valued for use in jewellery and other ornaments and formerly in coins, and the decomposition of silver salts by the action of light (depositing metallic silver) is the basis of photography
as modifier a silver necklace
Example sentencesExamples
- Beryllium, calcium, silver and antimony have no appreciable effect on mechanical properties.
- Silver fillings are actually made of a combination of metals including silver, tin, copper and mercury.
- The ores generally yielded a blend of gold and silver with copper.
- Metal coins had an intrinsic value based on the scarcity of the elements used in making them (usually copper, silver, gold).
- He described the ratios between the densities of gold, mercury, lead, silver, bronze, copper, brass, iron, and tin.
- Rhenium is not attacked by molten copper, silver, tin, or zinc.
- Gold, silver and precious stones along with other vessels and works of art made his tomb a virtual gold mine.
- White gold, which is a mixture of gold, silver, copper and palladium, is now considered to be more trendy than real gold.
- Unlike gold, silver or other precious metals, copper is primarily an industrial metal sold by copper producers to large manufacturers.
- And the only way to do that is to return to using real gold and silver, and maybe copper, as currency.
- For example, all of the gold, silver, and copper came from the Egyptians.
- Copper, gold and silver can all be recovered from discarded computers.
- However, he had no difficulty in desecrating and looting the temple of tons of gold, silver and precious stones before burning it.
- Its most common ore is sylvanite, a complex combination of gold, silver, and tellurium.
- In addition to iron as stated above, gold, silver, diamond and other metals and precious stones etc. were gifted to India in abundance.
- For most wavelengths of visible light, aluminum allows plasmons to travel farther than other metals such as gold, silver and copper.
- They're placed into a scoring range for bronze, silver, gold, platinum.
- In practice, precious metals such as gold or silver, metals in stable and high demand per unit weight, have won out over all other commodities as moneys.
- At the nearby processing plant copper, uranium oxide, gold and silver are produced for the Australian and overseas markets.
- Metals like silver, nickel and gold are a perfect medium for coinage because of their durability and the value accorded by their relative rarity.
2A shiny grey-white colour or appearance like that of silver.
银色；银灰色；银白色
the dark hair was now highlighted with silver
黑发现在是银光闪闪。
Example sentencesExamples
- They are all normal colours, silver, or white, and never-ever purple.
- So maybe the cowboy boots do look kind of spiffy after a few licks of silver, purple, yellow and green.
- He wore the clothes of a petty nobleman; grey and silver embroidered with royal blue and purple.
- But I went to a colour lady one time who told me that I should wear silver, sky blue and another which I have forgotten.
- She has beautifully and brilliantly caught different moods of water in colours black, white and silver.
- On display were a riot of classy colours, gold, silver, maroons and black.
- The primary colour is silver, and you can select red, black or blue as the secondary colour.
- My favourite colours are silver, brown and rose.
- The brushtail possum has a fur similar in quality to mink and colours range from silver to red brown to dark brown.
- It will appear in three colours - silver, black and blue.
- And three years ago Elizabeth Taylor briefly abandoned her trademark black bouffant for shocking silver, and what an impact it made.
- A gleaming and glittering twist on gray, silver is the complementary colour of gold.
- Unlike the stuffed one I saw originally, which had yellowed with age, the Nile Perch is silver in colour with a blue tinge.
- The bezel is two toned, though the primary colour is silver, which matches the rest of the case.
- It too is available in a range of colours: silver, blue, ‘velvet’ and orange.
- It smelled like ammonia and it was all a blurry colour of silver, blue and white that made it feel scientific and clinical.
- Patricia's holdall style bag is dark silver in colour.
- The octagonal shelter, which is coloured purple and silver, has seats and roof.
- Grey-haired people look good in silver and softer colours.
- Finally, it comes in a choice of seven colours: black, silver, red, yellow, blue, white and green.
3Silver dishes, containers, or cutlery.
银碟，银盘；银器皿；银餐具
thieves stole £5,000 worth of silver
一伙窃贼偷走了价值5，000英镑的银器。
the family silver
家用银器。
Example sentencesExamples
- During the reign of James, sales of Crown land provided the family silver of the period.
- It was not the Greeks' practice to place the family silver in graves, nor was it subjected to deep polishing.
- It is like giving somebody you meet in the street your house key, not changing the locks and then being surprised when the family silver goes missing.
- The moonlight grew brighter, like silver when it is polished.
- Glass bottles are highly collectable, and some folk proudly display their bottles in much the same way as other people display the family silver or fine bone china.
- Elsewhere in the gallery a high security case contains the town council's silver, with extra silverware from St Andrew's parish church.
- These pieces of land are like the family silver and shouldn't be lost to communities.
- Just days ago the Elliott family silver and a collection of prized John Gould bird prints went under the hammer at a Melbourne auction.
- The collection consists of more than fifty pieces of family silver and thirty-nine paintings.
- If you're lucky to reach this hallowed ground, you'll be flattered and coddled until you've given up the family silver.
- Part of a hoard of family silver which vanished for more than 100 years was yesterday sold at auction for nearly £8,000.
- Phelps found that his gold watch, the family silver and his loose cash were in plain sight, but had been left alone.
- But further back there was an earl, and the family had a heraldic crest and some silver, bits of which Orwell pawned to raise money to fight in Spain.
- I just wouldn't let them anywhere near the family silver.
- It's not like I'm taking food out of the kiddies' mouths or swapping the family silver for an 1873 Colt.
- Sales of silver and glass have been sluggish, with the exception of cutlery, Irish provincial silver, Irish and art deco glass.
- Yet a small group of CEOs and financiers managed to save the family silver before the house burned to the ground.
- We have been pawning the family silver to pleasure ourselves.
- I could have just driven away with the family silver for all she knew.
- Thousands of pounds worth of jewellery and silver has been stolen as well as computer hardware.
Synonyms
silverware, plate, silver plate
1. 3.1 Household cutlery of any material.
  餐具
  Example sentencesExamples
  The dining tables are set with period silver and china, and mannequins are dressed in authentic costumes.
  Near the sink a small pile of dishes and silver were waiting to be washed, dried and put away.
  Synonyms
  silverware, plate, silver plate
4Coins made from silver or from a metal that resembles silver.
银币；镍币
George dipped his hand into his pocket and brought out some small silver
Example sentencesExamples
- British imports of tea were steadily increasing during the early nineteenth century, and the Chinese would accept only specie, usually silver, in payment.
- Its platform called for the free coinage of silver and plenty of paper money.
- I tend to pick out the one pound coins and the silver to buy my lunch the next day so generally it's just the coppers that are left.
- I remember looking into one and seeing a little dining table laid out with tiny silver cutlery.
- The manager of the shop arrived to find the lock smashed, and the money, all silver and coppers, all gone.
Synonyms
coins, coinage, specie
change, small change, loose change
informal shrapnel
1. 4.1Scottish Money.
  〈主苏格兰〉钱
  Example sentencesExamples
  He had lent him some silver to pay his seamstress's bill. -
  Synonyms
  cash, hard cash, ready money
5
she won three silvers
short for silver medal
Example sentencesExamples
- Great Britain have won nine gold medals, 10 silvers and six bronze.
- Taiwan grabbed two gold medals, two silvers and one bronze at the Athens Olympics.
- Australia have made the finals three times in the past but have yet to win a gold medal to add to their haul of three silvers and three bronzes.
- He has won three golds, two silvers and three bronzes at world championships in the past five years, along with an Olympic silver and Commonwealth gold.
- Poland and Hungary each earned two golds, one silver, and one bronze.
- It has eight gold medals, 14 silvers and 19 bronzes.
- Todate he has participated in six international events and has won himself a gold medal and three silvers.
- Between them they won 7 gold medals, 3 silvers and 3 bronze - more than any national team won in track and field at the Games, except America itself.
- However, the lead was temporary as Germany went ahead with four golds, two silvers and four bronze medals late Sunday (Hong Kong time).
- Halfway through the tenth day of the Olympics, China topped the medals table with 23 golds, 15 silvers and 11 bronzes - one gold ahead of the Americans.
- The U.S. had 14 gold, 10 silver and 6 bronze medals, while the Jamaicans achieved 2 gold medals and three silvers.
- Pool playing reached a frenzy after the 1998 Asian games, when the Chinese Taipei team won three gold medals, two silvers and a bronze.
- Sailing has become a hot bed of medal action for Great Britain at recent Olympiads with five golds, three silvers and two bronze medals snared on the water in 2004 and 2000.
- The five gold medals, five silvers and 15 bronzes were the highest number garnered by local innovators at the China International Exhibition of Inventions, held in Shanghai.
- This is the eighth time they have made the Olympic semi-finals and they have a respectable haul of three silvers and three bronzes.
- China had won a total of 11 medals, with three silvers and two bronze, while Australia have won nine.
- Now 35, this is his last chance of adding a gold to his two Olympic silvers.
- She was just one of many fine performers for the York club, who picked up 17 golds, 11 silvers and eight bronze medals.
- The senior and junior Welsh teams exceeded all expectations by collecting eight gold medals, 15 silvers and seven bronzes at the Culinary World Cup.
- Four years after that, Bode Miller's two silvers, in giant slalom and combined, were the only U.S. medals.
Synonyms
silver medal, second prize

verb ˈsɪlvəˈsɪlvər

[with object]often as adjective silvered

1Coat or plate with silver.
镀（或包）银于
large silvered candlesticks
镀银大烛台。
Example sentencesExamples
- Some late 17th century and early 18th century brass and copper pieces of high quality were originally silvered.
- Benneman repolished the veneers, restored the silvered containers for writing materials, repolished the marble top, relined the inside of the drop-front with green Morocco leather, restored the locks and provided a new key.
- The idol is silvered with the electrolytic process.
- Also in the Metropolitan Museum is a silvered and patinated copper jardiniere designed by Reiber for Christofle.
- It was a small shiny object, a ‘roundel’, which caught my eye because its surface was silvered or tinned.
- The first examples had painted wood or engraved and silvered dials similar to those of long case clocks.
- The designer's simple but effective set has an Egyptian court, denoted by familiar golden iconography, standing opposite silvered pillars of Rome.
Synonyms
plate with silver, coat with silver, overlay with silver, laminate with silver, back with silver
plate, electroplate
1. 1.1 Provide (mirror glass) with a backing of a silver-coloured material in order to make it reflective.
  （为了反射）镀银色物质于（镜子玻璃）背面
  a silvered looking glass
  Example sentencesExamples
  Instead of silvered glass, however, the frame contains an oval of the same translucent blue Plexiglas, which invites introspection instead of mere self-contemplation.
  A sheet of glass is silvered with a pattern of repeated gestural strokes, making for a shifting lattice of fragmentary reflections and glimpses through the glass.
  He shaved quickly, using his dagger and a piece of silvered glass for a mirror, then dressed in clean clothes from his blanket roll.
  One drawing on a silvered mirror panel presents an axonometric rendering of a cubic form extending outward from the central image along parallel lines.
  A block of glass is silvered over the upper portion of the face closest to the laser beam.
  ‘I've always liked mirrors,’ Lyra mused, turning this way and that as she studied her reflection in the silvered glass.
  The ball itself was modelled with a silvered glass sphere of the correct diameter.
  McFarlane's interest in the metallurgy of mirrors has led her to denature the silvered surfaces behind the glass so that the mirrors become almost entirely opaque, yet hold and reflect light.
  I leaned forward, so close to the silvered glass that my breath misted it slightly, partially obscuring my twin's mouth and nose.
  Thus, it seems that mirror glass was silvered not only at glassworks but at looking-glass makers' shops as well.
  Alternatively, silvered glass could be substituted for transparent glass.
  Silvered mirrors, and marble vases with gold inlay are displayed in a corner.
  Yet Stork determined the probable focal length of a concave mirror made by inverting and silvering the convex mirror shown in the painting.
  Onto this rubber membrane we attached a tiny piece of silvered glass, which acted as a mirror.
  Optical interferometry is a technique that splits a laser beam into two beams by using a partially silvered mirror.
2. 1.2literary (especially of the moon) give a silvery appearance to.
  〈诗/文〉（尤指月光）使呈银色外表
  the brilliant moon silvered the turf
  明亮的月光使草皮披上了银装。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The stars popped out on the black canvas of the sky, and the crescent moon silvered the edges of the clouds, turning each one into a masterpiece.
  The other early flowering pulmonaria in our garden is ‘Mary Mottram’ with heavily silvered pale leaves and blue flowers.
  We imagined it curling darkly through the reeds, and saw herons stalking its dusky flats; an owl swooped across waters silvered by the moon.
  The veins are silvered and the brown flower stems grow through, carrying a tiny twist of colour that will eventually be the flowers.
  The party of five emerged into the moonlight that silvered the high round of Naples's city wall, a looming mass of dead masonry that could have stood for the soul of the city.
3. 1.3 Turn (a person's hair) grey or white.
  使（头发）变成银灰色（或银白色）
  his damp hair, long silvered and now thinning
  Example sentencesExamples
  Her fur and long hair were silvered, but it did not give her the appearance of being old.
  He turned his head to look at her face, her green eyes sparkling in the moonlight, her hair silvered by it.
  He had black hair that was slightly silvered at the temples, and bright, sparkling blue eyes.
  No doubt he was one of those abstracted, lost-in-the-clouds types - it would explain why the rumpled, silvered hair needed cutting.
4. 1.4no object (of a person's hair) turn grey or white.
  使（头发）变成银灰色（或银白色）
  Alexia remained a young woman even as her hair silvered
  Example sentencesExamples
  At nearly 71 the red hair has silvered, but she is far from retired.
  He looked almost like her brother, tall, and moderately muscled, with black hair, silvering at the temples.
  His hair was long, dark and thick with waves, silvering where it touched his scalp.
  The older man looked to be in his early fifties, with dark brown hair beginning to silver at the temples, and dark chestnut eyes.
  Pale blond hair that was wispy and starting to silver with her age loosely framed her face.
  A handsome man with a large head and a shock of dark hair, slightly silvered, he was about to surprise his audience.

Phrases

the silver screen

The cinema industry; cinema films collectively.
总称电影业；电影
stars of the silver screen
电影明星。
Example sentencesExamples
- From what it sounds like, Brooks is just as much a ham in real life as he is on the silver screen.
- In recent years, a lot of Marvel superheroes have made the leap from printed page to silver screen.
- When real life for many is scarier than anything on the silver screen, why is the lust for fear universal?
- He is quite possibly the most famous leading man to ever grace the silver screen.
- This is perhaps one of the most sinister of animated characters ever put on the silver screen.
- Suburbia may not be as exciting as the silver screen, but it's infinitely less embarrassing.
- Hollywood dominated the silver screen, and Thai movies were far and few in between.
- A film company are looking for locations fit for the silver screen for their latest production.
- When did it become wrong for the silver screen to become an escape from the heartache and pain around you?
- He was a legend, arguably the most beloved actor to grace the silver screen.

Origin

Old English seolfor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zilver and German Silber.

Definition of silver in US English:

silver

nounˈsilvərˈsɪlvər

1A precious shiny grayish-white metal, the chemical element of atomic number 47.
（化学元素）银（符号： Ag ）
A transition metal, silver is found in nature as the native metal as well as in combined form in ore minerals. It is valued for use in jewelry and other ornaments and formerly in coins, and the decomposition of silver salts by the action of light (depositing metallic silver) is the basis of photography
Example sentencesExamples
- White gold, which is a mixture of gold, silver, copper and palladium, is now considered to be more trendy than real gold.
- At the nearby processing plant copper, uranium oxide, gold and silver are produced for the Australian and overseas markets.
- Gold, silver and precious stones along with other vessels and works of art made his tomb a virtual gold mine.
- Silver fillings are actually made of a combination of metals including silver, tin, copper and mercury.
- In addition to iron as stated above, gold, silver, diamond and other metals and precious stones etc. were gifted to India in abundance.
- For most wavelengths of visible light, aluminum allows plasmons to travel farther than other metals such as gold, silver and copper.
- However, he had no difficulty in desecrating and looting the temple of tons of gold, silver and precious stones before burning it.
- Copper, gold and silver can all be recovered from discarded computers.
- The ores generally yielded a blend of gold and silver with copper.
- In practice, precious metals such as gold or silver, metals in stable and high demand per unit weight, have won out over all other commodities as moneys.
- Its most common ore is sylvanite, a complex combination of gold, silver, and tellurium.
- Metals like silver, nickel and gold are a perfect medium for coinage because of their durability and the value accorded by their relative rarity.
- For example, all of the gold, silver, and copper came from the Egyptians.
- They're placed into a scoring range for bronze, silver, gold, platinum.
- He described the ratios between the densities of gold, mercury, lead, silver, bronze, copper, brass, iron, and tin.
- Rhenium is not attacked by molten copper, silver, tin, or zinc.
- Metal coins had an intrinsic value based on the scarcity of the elements used in making them (usually copper, silver, gold).
- And the only way to do that is to return to using real gold and silver, and maybe copper, as currency.
- Beryllium, calcium, silver and antimony have no appreciable effect on mechanical properties.
- Unlike gold, silver or other precious metals, copper is primarily an industrial metal sold by copper producers to large manufacturers.
2A shiny gray-white color or appearance like that of silver.
银色；银灰色；银白色
the dark hair was now highlighted with silver
黑发现在是银光闪闪。
Example sentencesExamples
- The bezel is two toned, though the primary colour is silver, which matches the rest of the case.
- My favourite colours are silver, brown and rose.
- A gleaming and glittering twist on gray, silver is the complementary colour of gold.
- They are all normal colours, silver, or white, and never-ever purple.
- And three years ago Elizabeth Taylor briefly abandoned her trademark black bouffant for shocking silver, and what an impact it made.
- She has beautifully and brilliantly caught different moods of water in colours black, white and silver.
- Patricia's holdall style bag is dark silver in colour.
- The brushtail possum has a fur similar in quality to mink and colours range from silver to red brown to dark brown.
- Grey-haired people look good in silver and softer colours.
- The primary colour is silver, and you can select red, black or blue as the secondary colour.
- On display were a riot of classy colours, gold, silver, maroons and black.
- It smelled like ammonia and it was all a blurry colour of silver, blue and white that made it feel scientific and clinical.
- It will appear in three colours - silver, black and blue.
- So maybe the cowboy boots do look kind of spiffy after a few licks of silver, purple, yellow and green.
- The octagonal shelter, which is coloured purple and silver, has seats and roof.
- But I went to a colour lady one time who told me that I should wear silver, sky blue and another which I have forgotten.
- Unlike the stuffed one I saw originally, which had yellowed with age, the Nile Perch is silver in colour with a blue tinge.
- He wore the clothes of a petty nobleman; grey and silver embroidered with royal blue and purple.
- It too is available in a range of colours: silver, blue, ‘velvet’ and orange.
- Finally, it comes in a choice of seven colours: black, silver, red, yellow, blue, white and green.
3Silver dishes, containers, or cutlery.
银碟，银盘；银器皿；银餐具
thieves stole $5,000 worth of silver
一伙窃贼偷走了价值5，000英镑的银器。
the family silver
家用银器。
Example sentencesExamples
- Elsewhere in the gallery a high security case contains the town council's silver, with extra silverware from St Andrew's parish church.
- We have been pawning the family silver to pleasure ourselves.
- Sales of silver and glass have been sluggish, with the exception of cutlery, Irish provincial silver, Irish and art deco glass.
- I could have just driven away with the family silver for all she knew.
- These pieces of land are like the family silver and shouldn't be lost to communities.
- Phelps found that his gold watch, the family silver and his loose cash were in plain sight, but had been left alone.
- Glass bottles are highly collectable, and some folk proudly display their bottles in much the same way as other people display the family silver or fine bone china.
- It's not like I'm taking food out of the kiddies' mouths or swapping the family silver for an 1873 Colt.
- I just wouldn't let them anywhere near the family silver.
- It was not the Greeks' practice to place the family silver in graves, nor was it subjected to deep polishing.
- The moonlight grew brighter, like silver when it is polished.
- It is like giving somebody you meet in the street your house key, not changing the locks and then being surprised when the family silver goes missing.
- Thousands of pounds worth of jewellery and silver has been stolen as well as computer hardware.
- If you're lucky to reach this hallowed ground, you'll be flattered and coddled until you've given up the family silver.
- Yet a small group of CEOs and financiers managed to save the family silver before the house burned to the ground.
- During the reign of James, sales of Crown land provided the family silver of the period.
- Just days ago the Elliott family silver and a collection of prized John Gould bird prints went under the hammer at a Melbourne auction.
- But further back there was an earl, and the family had a heraldic crest and some silver, bits of which Orwell pawned to raise money to fight in Spain.
- The collection consists of more than fifty pieces of family silver and thirty-nine paintings.
- Part of a hoard of family silver which vanished for more than 100 years was yesterday sold at auction for nearly £8,000.
Synonyms
silverware, plate, silver plate
1. 3.1 Household cutlery of any material.
  餐具
  it is important to wash table silver in hot soapy water immediately after each meal
  Example sentencesExamples
  The dining tables are set with period silver and china, and mannequins are dressed in authentic costumes.
  Near the sink a small pile of dishes and silver were waiting to be washed, dried and put away.
  Synonyms
  silverware, plate, silver plate
4Coins made from silver or from a metal that resembles silver.
银币；镍币
Example sentencesExamples
- British imports of tea were steadily increasing during the early nineteenth century, and the Chinese would accept only specie, usually silver, in payment.
- I remember looking into one and seeing a little dining table laid out with tiny silver cutlery.
- I tend to pick out the one pound coins and the silver to buy my lunch the next day so generally it's just the coppers that are left.
- The manager of the shop arrived to find the lock smashed, and the money, all silver and coppers, all gone.
- Its platform called for the free coinage of silver and plenty of paper money.
Synonyms
coins, coinage, specie
1. 4.1Scottish Money.
  〈主苏格兰〉钱
  Example sentencesExamples
  He had lent him some silver to pay his seamstress's bill. -
  Synonyms
  cash, hard cash, ready money
5
short for silver medal
Example sentencesExamples
- Halfway through the tenth day of the Olympics, China topped the medals table with 23 golds, 15 silvers and 11 bronzes - one gold ahead of the Americans.
- The U.S. had 14 gold, 10 silver and 6 bronze medals, while the Jamaicans achieved 2 gold medals and three silvers.
- The senior and junior Welsh teams exceeded all expectations by collecting eight gold medals, 15 silvers and seven bronzes at the Culinary World Cup.
- Australia have made the finals three times in the past but have yet to win a gold medal to add to their haul of three silvers and three bronzes.
- He has won three golds, two silvers and three bronzes at world championships in the past five years, along with an Olympic silver and Commonwealth gold.
- Now 35, this is his last chance of adding a gold to his two Olympic silvers.
- However, the lead was temporary as Germany went ahead with four golds, two silvers and four bronze medals late Sunday (Hong Kong time).
- Great Britain have won nine gold medals, 10 silvers and six bronze.
- Pool playing reached a frenzy after the 1998 Asian games, when the Chinese Taipei team won three gold medals, two silvers and a bronze.
- Poland and Hungary each earned two golds, one silver, and one bronze.
- Taiwan grabbed two gold medals, two silvers and one bronze at the Athens Olympics.
- This is the eighth time they have made the Olympic semi-finals and they have a respectable haul of three silvers and three bronzes.
- She was just one of many fine performers for the York club, who picked up 17 golds, 11 silvers and eight bronze medals.
- It has eight gold medals, 14 silvers and 19 bronzes.
- Todate he has participated in six international events and has won himself a gold medal and three silvers.
- Between them they won 7 gold medals, 3 silvers and 3 bronze - more than any national team won in track and field at the Games, except America itself.
- Sailing has become a hot bed of medal action for Great Britain at recent Olympiads with five golds, three silvers and two bronze medals snared on the water in 2004 and 2000.
- China had won a total of 11 medals, with three silvers and two bronze, while Australia have won nine.
- Four years after that, Bode Miller's two silvers, in giant slalom and combined, were the only U.S. medals.
- The five gold medals, five silvers and 15 bronzes were the highest number garnered by local innovators at the China International Exhibition of Inventions, held in Shanghai.
Synonyms
silver medal, second prize

adjectiveˈsilvərˈsɪlvər

attributive Denoting a twenty-fifth anniversary.
Example sentencesExamples
- In honor of the Operas Silver Anniversary, we are asking all opera lovers to make a special gift of just $25.

verbˈsilvərˈsɪlvər

[with object]often as adjective silvered

1Coat or plate with silver.
镀（或包）银于
large silvered candlesticks
镀银大烛台。
Example sentencesExamples
- Also in the Metropolitan Museum is a silvered and patinated copper jardiniere designed by Reiber for Christofle.
- The designer's simple but effective set has an Egyptian court, denoted by familiar golden iconography, standing opposite silvered pillars of Rome.
- The idol is silvered with the electrolytic process.
- Benneman repolished the veneers, restored the silvered containers for writing materials, repolished the marble top, relined the inside of the drop-front with green Morocco leather, restored the locks and provided a new key.
- The first examples had painted wood or engraved and silvered dials similar to those of long case clocks.
- It was a small shiny object, a ‘roundel’, which caught my eye because its surface was silvered or tinned.
- Some late 17th century and early 18th century brass and copper pieces of high quality were originally silvered.
Synonyms
plate with silver, coat with silver, overlay with silver, laminate with silver, back with silver
1. 1.1 Provide (mirror glass) with a backing of a silver-colored material in order to make it reflective.
  （为了反射）镀银色物质于（镜子玻璃）背面
  Example sentencesExamples
  Yet Stork determined the probable focal length of a concave mirror made by inverting and silvering the convex mirror shown in the painting.
  McFarlane's interest in the metallurgy of mirrors has led her to denature the silvered surfaces behind the glass so that the mirrors become almost entirely opaque, yet hold and reflect light.
  I leaned forward, so close to the silvered glass that my breath misted it slightly, partially obscuring my twin's mouth and nose.
  The ball itself was modelled with a silvered glass sphere of the correct diameter.
  Optical interferometry is a technique that splits a laser beam into two beams by using a partially silvered mirror.
  Alternatively, silvered glass could be substituted for transparent glass.
  Instead of silvered glass, however, the frame contains an oval of the same translucent blue Plexiglas, which invites introspection instead of mere self-contemplation.
  Onto this rubber membrane we attached a tiny piece of silvered glass, which acted as a mirror.
  ‘I've always liked mirrors,’ Lyra mused, turning this way and that as she studied her reflection in the silvered glass.
  Silvered mirrors, and marble vases with gold inlay are displayed in a corner.
  A block of glass is silvered over the upper portion of the face closest to the laser beam.
  He shaved quickly, using his dagger and a piece of silvered glass for a mirror, then dressed in clean clothes from his blanket roll.
  One drawing on a silvered mirror panel presents an axonometric rendering of a cubic form extending outward from the central image along parallel lines.
  Thus, it seems that mirror glass was silvered not only at glassworks but at looking-glass makers' shops as well.
  A sheet of glass is silvered with a pattern of repeated gestural strokes, making for a shifting lattice of fragmentary reflections and glimpses through the glass.
2. 1.2literary (especially of the moon) give a silvery appearance to.
  〈诗/文〉（尤指月光）使呈银色外表
  the brilliant moon silvered the turf
  明亮的月光使草皮披上了银装。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The other early flowering pulmonaria in our garden is ‘Mary Mottram’ with heavily silvered pale leaves and blue flowers.
  We imagined it curling darkly through the reeds, and saw herons stalking its dusky flats; an owl swooped across waters silvered by the moon.
  The veins are silvered and the brown flower stems grow through, carrying a tiny twist of colour that will eventually be the flowers.
  The party of five emerged into the moonlight that silvered the high round of Naples's city wall, a looming mass of dead masonry that could have stood for the soul of the city.
  The stars popped out on the black canvas of the sky, and the crescent moon silvered the edges of the clouds, turning each one into a masterpiece.
3. 1.3 Turn (a person's hair) gray or white.
  使（头发）变成银灰色（或银白色）
  Example sentencesExamples
  No doubt he was one of those abstracted, lost-in-the-clouds types - it would explain why the rumpled, silvered hair needed cutting.
  He turned his head to look at her face, her green eyes sparkling in the moonlight, her hair silvered by it.
  Her fur and long hair were silvered, but it did not give her the appearance of being old.
  He had black hair that was slightly silvered at the temples, and bright, sparkling blue eyes.
4. 1.4no object (of a person's hair) turn gray or white.
  使（头发）变成银灰色（或银白色）
  Example sentencesExamples
  A handsome man with a large head and a shock of dark hair, slightly silvered, he was about to surprise his audience.
  He looked almost like her brother, tall, and moderately muscled, with black hair, silvering at the temples.
  At nearly 71 the red hair has silvered, but she is far from retired.
  Pale blond hair that was wispy and starting to silver with her age loosely framed her face.
  The older man looked to be in his early fifties, with dark brown hair beginning to silver at the temples, and dark chestnut eyes.
  His hair was long, dark and thick with waves, silvering where it touched his scalp.

Phrases

every cloud has a silver lining

proverb Every difficult or sad situation has a comforting or more hopeful aspect, even though this may not be immediately apparent.
〈谚〉黑暗中总有一线光明
Example sentencesExamples
- It seems that if you're big, rich and powerful enough, every cloud has a silver lining.
- The sharp movement didn't make me physically tired, which shows that every cloud has a silver lining.
- Well, here's the news that proves the maxim every cloud has a silver lining.
- In a case of every cloud has a silver lining, Bernard had injured his knee and the other soldiers continued on their journey, only to be ambushed.
- To the economy, and every cloud has a silver lining, they say, but in the dismal science, as they call economics, the opposite is often true.
- But every cloud has a silver lining, and my memories of 1956 are generally fond.
- I tried to tell him to think of the good times, that every cloud has a silver lining.
- But, every cloud has a silver lining (for me anyway).
- All in all it's a bit of a mess but they say every cloud has a silver lining.
- But hey, it's not all bad, every cloud has a silver lining!

the silver screen

The movie industry; movies collectively.
总称电影业；电影
stars of the silver screen
电影明星。
Example sentencesExamples
- A film company are looking for locations fit for the silver screen for their latest production.
- Hollywood dominated the silver screen, and Thai movies were far and few in between.
- This is perhaps one of the most sinister of animated characters ever put on the silver screen.
- In recent years, a lot of Marvel superheroes have made the leap from printed page to silver screen.
- He was a legend, arguably the most beloved actor to grace the silver screen.
- Suburbia may not be as exciting as the silver screen, but it's infinitely less embarrassing.
- When real life for many is scarier than anything on the silver screen, why is the lust for fear universal?
- From what it sounds like, Brooks is just as much a ham in real life as he is on the silver screen.
- He is quite possibly the most famous leading man to ever grace the silver screen.
- When did it become wrong for the silver screen to become an escape from the heartache and pain around you?

Origin

Old English seolfor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zilver and German Silber.

词汇	silver
释义	Definition of silver in English: silver noun ˈsɪlvəˈsɪlvər mass noun 1A precious shiny greyish-white metal, the chemical element of atomic number 47. （化学元素）银（符号： Ag ） A transition metal, silver is found in nature as the native metal as well as in combined form in ore minerals. It is valued for use in jewellery and other ornaments and formerly in coins, and the decomposition of silver salts by the action of light (depositing metallic silver) is the basis of photography as modifier a silver necklace Example sentencesExamples Beryllium, calcium, silver and antimony have no appreciable effect on mechanical properties. Silver fillings are actually made of a combination of metals including silver, tin, copper and mercury. The ores generally yielded a blend of gold and silver with copper. Metal coins had an intrinsic value based on the scarcity of the elements used in making them (usually copper, silver, gold). He described the ratios between the densities of gold, mercury, lead, silver, bronze, copper, brass, iron, and tin. Rhenium is not attacked by molten copper, silver, tin, or zinc. Gold, silver and precious stones along with other vessels and works of art made his tomb a virtual gold mine. White gold, which is a mixture of gold, silver, copper and palladium, is now considered to be more trendy than real gold. Unlike gold, silver or other precious metals, copper is primarily an industrial metal sold by copper producers to large manufacturers. And the only way to do that is to return to using real gold and silver, and maybe copper, as currency. For example, all of the gold, silver, and copper came from the Egyptians. Copper, gold and silver can all be recovered from discarded computers. However, he had no difficulty in desecrating and looting the temple of tons of gold, silver and precious stones before burning it. Its most common ore is sylvanite, a complex combination of gold, silver, and tellurium. In addition to iron as stated above, gold, silver, diamond and other metals and precious stones etc. were gifted to India in abundance. For most wavelengths of visible light, aluminum allows plasmons to travel farther than other metals such as gold, silver and copper. They're placed into a scoring range for bronze, silver, gold, platinum. In practice, precious metals such as gold or silver, metals in stable and high demand per unit weight, have won out over all other commodities as moneys. At the nearby processing plant copper, uranium oxide, gold and silver are produced for the Australian and overseas markets. Metals like silver, nickel and gold are a perfect medium for coinage because of their durability and the value accorded by their relative rarity. 2A shiny grey-white colour or appearance like that of silver. 银色；银灰色；银白色 the dark hair was now highlighted with silver 黑发现在是银光闪闪。 Example sentencesExamples They are all normal colours, silver, or white, and never-ever purple. So maybe the cowboy boots do look kind of spiffy after a few licks of silver, purple, yellow and green. He wore the clothes of a petty nobleman; grey and silver embroidered with royal blue and purple. But I went to a colour lady one time who told me that I should wear silver, sky blue and another which I have forgotten. She has beautifully and brilliantly caught different moods of water in colours black, white and silver. On display were a riot of classy colours, gold, silver, maroons and black. The primary colour is silver, and you can select red, black or blue as the secondary colour. My favourite colours are silver, brown and rose. The brushtail possum has a fur similar in quality to mink and colours range from silver to red brown to dark brown. It will appear in three colours - silver, black and blue. And three years ago Elizabeth Taylor briefly abandoned her trademark black bouffant for shocking silver, and what an impact it made. A gleaming and glittering twist on gray, silver is the complementary colour of gold. Unlike the stuffed one I saw originally, which had yellowed with age, the Nile Perch is silver in colour with a blue tinge. The bezel is two toned, though the primary colour is silver, which matches the rest of the case. It too is available in a range of colours: silver, blue, ‘velvet’ and orange. It smelled like ammonia and it was all a blurry colour of silver, blue and white that made it feel scientific and clinical. Patricia's holdall style bag is dark silver in colour. The octagonal shelter, which is coloured purple and silver, has seats and roof. Grey-haired people look good in silver and softer colours. Finally, it comes in a choice of seven colours: black, silver, red, yellow, blue, white and green. 3Silver dishes, containers, or cutlery. 银碟，银盘；银器皿；银餐具 thieves stole £5,000 worth of silver 一伙窃贼偷走了价值5，000英镑的银器。 the family silver 家用银器。 Example sentencesExamples During the reign of James, sales of Crown land provided the family silver of the period. It was not the Greeks' practice to place the family silver in graves, nor was it subjected to deep polishing. It is like giving somebody you meet in the street your house key, not changing the locks and then being surprised when the family silver goes missing. The moonlight grew brighter, like silver when it is polished. Glass bottles are highly collectable, and some folk proudly display their bottles in much the same way as other people display the family silver or fine bone china. Elsewhere in the gallery a high security case contains the town council's silver, with extra silverware from St Andrew's parish church. These pieces of land are like the family silver and shouldn't be lost to communities. Just days ago the Elliott family silver and a collection of prized John Gould bird prints went under the hammer at a Melbourne auction. The collection consists of more than fifty pieces of family silver and thirty-nine paintings. If you're lucky to reach this hallowed ground, you'll be flattered and coddled until you've given up the family silver. Part of a hoard of family silver which vanished for more than 100 years was yesterday sold at auction for nearly £8,000. Phelps found that his gold watch, the family silver and his loose cash were in plain sight, but had been left alone. But further back there was an earl, and the family had a heraldic crest and some silver, bits of which Orwell pawned to raise money to fight in Spain. I just wouldn't let them anywhere near the family silver. It's not like I'm taking food out of the kiddies' mouths or swapping the family silver for an 1873 Colt. Sales of silver and glass have been sluggish, with the exception of cutlery, Irish provincial silver, Irish and art deco glass. Yet a small group of CEOs and financiers managed to save the family silver before the house burned to the ground. We have been pawning the family silver to pleasure ourselves. I could have just driven away with the family silver for all she knew. Thousands of pounds worth of jewellery and silver has been stolen as well as computer hardware. Synonyms silverware, plate, silver plate 3.1 Household cutlery of any material. 餐具 Example sentencesExamples The dining tables are set with period silver and china, and mannequins are dressed in authentic costumes. Near the sink a small pile of dishes and silver were waiting to be washed, dried and put away. Synonyms silverware, plate, silver plate 4Coins made from silver or from a metal that resembles silver. 银币；镍币 George dipped his hand into his pocket and brought out some small silver Example sentencesExamples British imports of tea were steadily increasing during the early nineteenth century, and the Chinese would accept only specie, usually silver, in payment. Its platform called for the free coinage of silver and plenty of paper money. I tend to pick out the one pound coins and the silver to buy my lunch the next day so generally it's just the coppers that are left. I remember looking into one and seeing a little dining table laid out with tiny silver cutlery. The manager of the shop arrived to find the lock smashed, and the money, all silver and coppers, all gone. Synonyms coins, coinage, specie change, small change, loose change informal shrapnel 4.1Scottish Money. 〈主苏格兰〉钱 Example sentencesExamples He had lent him some silver to pay his seamstress's bill. - Synonyms cash, hard cash, ready money 5 she won three silvers short for silver medal Example sentencesExamples Great Britain have won nine gold medals, 10 silvers and six bronze. Taiwan grabbed two gold medals, two silvers and one bronze at the Athens Olympics. Australia have made the finals three times in the past but have yet to win a gold medal to add to their haul of three silvers and three bronzes. He has won three golds, two silvers and three bronzes at world championships in the past five years, along with an Olympic silver and Commonwealth gold. Poland and Hungary each earned two golds, one silver, and one bronze. It has eight gold medals, 14 silvers and 19 bronzes. Todate he has participated in six international events and has won himself a gold medal and three silvers. Between them they won 7 gold medals, 3 silvers and 3 bronze - more than any national team won in track and field at the Games, except America itself. However, the lead was temporary as Germany went ahead with four golds, two silvers and four bronze medals late Sunday (Hong Kong time). Halfway through the tenth day of the Olympics, China topped the medals table with 23 golds, 15 silvers and 11 bronzes - one gold ahead of the Americans. The U.S. had 14 gold, 10 silver and 6 bronze medals, while the Jamaicans achieved 2 gold medals and three silvers. Pool playing reached a frenzy after the 1998 Asian games, when the Chinese Taipei team won three gold medals, two silvers and a bronze. Sailing has become a hot bed of medal action for Great Britain at recent Olympiads with five golds, three silvers and two bronze medals snared on the water in 2004 and 2000. The five gold medals, five silvers and 15 bronzes were the highest number garnered by local innovators at the China International Exhibition of Inventions, held in Shanghai. This is the eighth time they have made the Olympic semi-finals and they have a respectable haul of three silvers and three bronzes. China had won a total of 11 medals, with three silvers and two bronze, while Australia have won nine. Now 35, this is his last chance of adding a gold to his two Olympic silvers. She was just one of many fine performers for the York club, who picked up 17 golds, 11 silvers and eight bronze medals. The senior and junior Welsh teams exceeded all expectations by collecting eight gold medals, 15 silvers and seven bronzes at the Culinary World Cup. Four years after that, Bode Miller's two silvers, in giant slalom and combined, were the only U.S. medals. Synonyms silver medal, second prize verb ˈsɪlvəˈsɪlvər [with object]often as adjective silvered 1Coat or plate with silver. 镀（或包）银于 large silvered candlesticks 镀银大烛台。 Example sentencesExamples Some late 17th century and early 18th century brass and copper pieces of high quality were originally silvered. Benneman repolished the veneers, restored the silvered containers for writing materials, repolished the marble top, relined the inside of the drop-front with green Morocco leather, restored the locks and provided a new key. The idol is silvered with the electrolytic process. Also in the Metropolitan Museum is a silvered and patinated copper jardiniere designed by Reiber for Christofle. It was a small shiny object, a ‘roundel’, which caught my eye because its surface was silvered or tinned. The first examples had painted wood or engraved and silvered dials similar to those of long case clocks. The designer's simple but effective set has an Egyptian court, denoted by familiar golden iconography, standing opposite silvered pillars of Rome. Synonyms plate with silver, coat with silver, overlay with silver, laminate with silver, back with silver plate, electroplate 1.1 Provide (mirror glass) with a backing of a silver-coloured material in order to make it reflective. （为了反射）镀银色物质于（镜子玻璃）背面 a silvered looking glass Example sentencesExamples Instead of silvered glass, however, the frame contains an oval of the same translucent blue Plexiglas, which invites introspection instead of mere self-contemplation. A sheet of glass is silvered with a pattern of repeated gestural strokes, making for a shifting lattice of fragmentary reflections and glimpses through the glass. He shaved quickly, using his dagger and a piece of silvered glass for a mirror, then dressed in clean clothes from his blanket roll. One drawing on a silvered mirror panel presents an axonometric rendering of a cubic form extending outward from the central image along parallel lines. A block of glass is silvered over the upper portion of the face closest to the laser beam. ‘I've always liked mirrors,’ Lyra mused, turning this way and that as she studied her reflection in the silvered glass. The ball itself was modelled with a silvered glass sphere of the correct diameter. McFarlane's interest in the metallurgy of mirrors has led her to denature the silvered surfaces behind the glass so that the mirrors become almost entirely opaque, yet hold and reflect light. I leaned forward, so close to the silvered glass that my breath misted it slightly, partially obscuring my twin's mouth and nose. Thus, it seems that mirror glass was silvered not only at glassworks but at looking-glass makers' shops as well. Alternatively, silvered glass could be substituted for transparent glass. Silvered mirrors, and marble vases with gold inlay are displayed in a corner. Yet Stork determined the probable focal length of a concave mirror made by inverting and silvering the convex mirror shown in the painting. Onto this rubber membrane we attached a tiny piece of silvered glass, which acted as a mirror. Optical interferometry is a technique that splits a laser beam into two beams by using a partially silvered mirror. 1.2literary (especially of the moon) give a silvery appearance to. 〈诗/文〉（尤指月光）使呈银色外表 the brilliant moon silvered the turf 明亮的月光使草皮披上了银装。 Example sentencesExamples The stars popped out on the black canvas of the sky, and the crescent moon silvered the edges of the clouds, turning each one into a masterpiece. The other early flowering pulmonaria in our garden is ‘Mary Mottram’ with heavily silvered pale leaves and blue flowers. We imagined it curling darkly through the reeds, and saw herons stalking its dusky flats; an owl swooped across waters silvered by the moon. The veins are silvered and the brown flower stems grow through, carrying a tiny twist of colour that will eventually be the flowers. The party of five emerged into the moonlight that silvered the high round of Naples's city wall, a looming mass of dead masonry that could have stood for the soul of the city. 1.3 Turn (a person's hair) grey or white. 使（头发）变成银灰色（或银白色） his damp hair, long silvered and now thinning Example sentencesExamples Her fur and long hair were silvered, but it did not give her the appearance of being old. He turned his head to look at her face, her green eyes sparkling in the moonlight, her hair silvered by it. He had black hair that was slightly silvered at the temples, and bright, sparkling blue eyes. No doubt he was one of those abstracted, lost-in-the-clouds types - it would explain why the rumpled, silvered hair needed cutting. 1.4no object (of a person's hair) turn grey or white. 使（头发）变成银灰色（或银白色） Alexia remained a young woman even as her hair silvered Example sentencesExamples At nearly 71 the red hair has silvered, but she is far from retired. He looked almost like her brother, tall, and moderately muscled, with black hair, silvering at the temples. His hair was long, dark and thick with waves, silvering where it touched his scalp. The older man looked to be in his early fifties, with dark brown hair beginning to silver at the temples, and dark chestnut eyes. Pale blond hair that was wispy and starting to silver with her age loosely framed her face. A handsome man with a large head and a shock of dark hair, slightly silvered, he was about to surprise his audience. Phrases the silver screen The cinema industry; cinema films collectively. 总称电影业；电影 stars of the silver screen 电影明星。 Example sentencesExamples From what it sounds like, Brooks is just as much a ham in real life as he is on the silver screen. In recent years, a lot of Marvel superheroes have made the leap from printed page to silver screen. When real life for many is scarier than anything on the silver screen, why is the lust for fear universal? He is quite possibly the most famous leading man to ever grace the silver screen. This is perhaps one of the most sinister of animated characters ever put on the silver screen. Suburbia may not be as exciting as the silver screen, but it's infinitely less embarrassing. Hollywood dominated the silver screen, and Thai movies were far and few in between. A film company are looking for locations fit for the silver screen for their latest production. When did it become wrong for the silver screen to become an escape from the heartache and pain around you? He was a legend, arguably the most beloved actor to grace the silver screen. Origin Old English seolfor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zilver and German Silber. noun.1 phr. Definition of silver in US English: silver nounˈsilvərˈsɪlvər 1A precious shiny grayish-white metal, the chemical element of atomic number 47. （化学元素）银（符号： Ag ） A transition metal, silver is found in nature as the native metal as well as in combined form in ore minerals. It is valued for use in jewelry and other ornaments and formerly in coins, and the decomposition of silver salts by the action of light (depositing metallic silver) is the basis of photography Example sentencesExamples White gold, which is a mixture of gold, silver, copper and palladium, is now considered to be more trendy than real gold. At the nearby processing plant copper, uranium oxide, gold and silver are produced for the Australian and overseas markets. Gold, silver and precious stones along with other vessels and works of art made his tomb a virtual gold mine. Silver fillings are actually made of a combination of metals including silver, tin, copper and mercury. In addition to iron as stated above, gold, silver, diamond and other metals and precious stones etc. were gifted to India in abundance. For most wavelengths of visible light, aluminum allows plasmons to travel farther than other metals such as gold, silver and copper. However, he had no difficulty in desecrating and looting the temple of tons of gold, silver and precious stones before burning it. Copper, gold and silver can all be recovered from discarded computers. The ores generally yielded a blend of gold and silver with copper. In practice, precious metals such as gold or silver, metals in stable and high demand per unit weight, have won out over all other commodities as moneys. Its most common ore is sylvanite, a complex combination of gold, silver, and tellurium. Metals like silver, nickel and gold are a perfect medium for coinage because of their durability and the value accorded by their relative rarity. For example, all of the gold, silver, and copper came from the Egyptians. They're placed into a scoring range for bronze, silver, gold, platinum. He described the ratios between the densities of gold, mercury, lead, silver, bronze, copper, brass, iron, and tin. Rhenium is not attacked by molten copper, silver, tin, or zinc. Metal coins had an intrinsic value based on the scarcity of the elements used in making them (usually copper, silver, gold). And the only way to do that is to return to using real gold and silver, and maybe copper, as currency. Beryllium, calcium, silver and antimony have no appreciable effect on mechanical properties. Unlike gold, silver or other precious metals, copper is primarily an industrial metal sold by copper producers to large manufacturers. 2A shiny gray-white color or appearance like that of silver. 银色；银灰色；银白色 the dark hair was now highlighted with silver 黑发现在是银光闪闪。 Example sentencesExamples The bezel is two toned, though the primary colour is silver, which matches the rest of the case. My favourite colours are silver, brown and rose. A gleaming and glittering twist on gray, silver is the complementary colour of gold. They are all normal colours, silver, or white, and never-ever purple. And three years ago Elizabeth Taylor briefly abandoned her trademark black bouffant for shocking silver, and what an impact it made. She has beautifully and brilliantly caught different moods of water in colours black, white and silver. Patricia's holdall style bag is dark silver in colour. The brushtail possum has a fur similar in quality to mink and colours range from silver to red brown to dark brown. Grey-haired people look good in silver and softer colours. The primary colour is silver, and you can select red, black or blue as the secondary colour. On display were a riot of classy colours, gold, silver, maroons and black. It smelled like ammonia and it was all a blurry colour of silver, blue and white that made it feel scientific and clinical. It will appear in three colours - silver, black and blue. So maybe the cowboy boots do look kind of spiffy after a few licks of silver, purple, yellow and green. The octagonal shelter, which is coloured purple and silver, has seats and roof. But I went to a colour lady one time who told me that I should wear silver, sky blue and another which I have forgotten. Unlike the stuffed one I saw originally, which had yellowed with age, the Nile Perch is silver in colour with a blue tinge. He wore the clothes of a petty nobleman; grey and silver embroidered with royal blue and purple. It too is available in a range of colours: silver, blue, ‘velvet’ and orange. Finally, it comes in a choice of seven colours: black, silver, red, yellow, blue, white and green. 3Silver dishes, containers, or cutlery. 银碟，银盘；银器皿；银餐具 thieves stole $5,000 worth of silver 一伙窃贼偷走了价值5，000英镑的银器。 the family silver 家用银器。 Example sentencesExamples Elsewhere in the gallery a high security case contains the town council's silver, with extra silverware from St Andrew's parish church. We have been pawning the family silver to pleasure ourselves. Sales of silver and glass have been sluggish, with the exception of cutlery, Irish provincial silver, Irish and art deco glass. I could have just driven away with the family silver for all she knew. These pieces of land are like the family silver and shouldn't be lost to communities. Phelps found that his gold watch, the family silver and his loose cash were in plain sight, but had been left alone. Glass bottles are highly collectable, and some folk proudly display their bottles in much the same way as other people display the family silver or fine bone china. It's not like I'm taking food out of the kiddies' mouths or swapping the family silver for an 1873 Colt. I just wouldn't let them anywhere near the family silver. It was not the Greeks' practice to place the family silver in graves, nor was it subjected to deep polishing. The moonlight grew brighter, like silver when it is polished. It is like giving somebody you meet in the street your house key, not changing the locks and then being surprised when the family silver goes missing. Thousands of pounds worth of jewellery and silver has been stolen as well as computer hardware. If you're lucky to reach this hallowed ground, you'll be flattered and coddled until you've given up the family silver. Yet a small group of CEOs and financiers managed to save the family silver before the house burned to the ground. During the reign of James, sales of Crown land provided the family silver of the period. Just days ago the Elliott family silver and a collection of prized John Gould bird prints went under the hammer at a Melbourne auction. But further back there was an earl, and the family had a heraldic crest and some silver, bits of which Orwell pawned to raise money to fight in Spain. The collection consists of more than fifty pieces of family silver and thirty-nine paintings. Part of a hoard of family silver which vanished for more than 100 years was yesterday sold at auction for nearly £8,000. Synonyms silverware, plate, silver plate 3.1 Household cutlery of any material. 餐具 it is important to wash table silver in hot soapy water immediately after each meal Example sentencesExamples The dining tables are set with period silver and china, and mannequins are dressed in authentic costumes. Near the sink a small pile of dishes and silver were waiting to be washed, dried and put away. Synonyms silverware, plate, silver plate 4Coins made from silver or from a metal that resembles silver. 银币；镍币 Example sentencesExamples British imports of tea were steadily increasing during the early nineteenth century, and the Chinese would accept only specie, usually silver, in payment. I remember looking into one and seeing a little dining table laid out with tiny silver cutlery. I tend to pick out the one pound coins and the silver to buy my lunch the next day so generally it's just the coppers that are left. The manager of the shop arrived to find the lock smashed, and the money, all silver and coppers, all gone. Its platform called for the free coinage of silver and plenty of paper money. Synonyms coins, coinage, specie 4.1Scottish Money. 〈主苏格兰〉钱 Example sentencesExamples He had lent him some silver to pay his seamstress's bill. - Synonyms cash, hard cash, ready money 5 short for silver medal Example sentencesExamples Halfway through the tenth day of the Olympics, China topped the medals table with 23 golds, 15 silvers and 11 bronzes - one gold ahead of the Americans. The U.S. had 14 gold, 10 silver and 6 bronze medals, while the Jamaicans achieved 2 gold medals and three silvers. The senior and junior Welsh teams exceeded all expectations by collecting eight gold medals, 15 silvers and seven bronzes at the Culinary World Cup. Australia have made the finals three times in the past but have yet to win a gold medal to add to their haul of three silvers and three bronzes. He has won three golds, two silvers and three bronzes at world championships in the past five years, along with an Olympic silver and Commonwealth gold. Now 35, this is his last chance of adding a gold to his two Olympic silvers. However, the lead was temporary as Germany went ahead with four golds, two silvers and four bronze medals late Sunday (Hong Kong time). Great Britain have won nine gold medals, 10 silvers and six bronze. Pool playing reached a frenzy after the 1998 Asian games, when the Chinese Taipei team won three gold medals, two silvers and a bronze. Poland and Hungary each earned two golds, one silver, and one bronze. Taiwan grabbed two gold medals, two silvers and one bronze at the Athens Olympics. This is the eighth time they have made the Olympic semi-finals and they have a respectable haul of three silvers and three bronzes. She was just one of many fine performers for the York club, who picked up 17 golds, 11 silvers and eight bronze medals. It has eight gold medals, 14 silvers and 19 bronzes. Todate he has participated in six international events and has won himself a gold medal and three silvers. Between them they won 7 gold medals, 3 silvers and 3 bronze - more than any national team won in track and field at the Games, except America itself. Sailing has become a hot bed of medal action for Great Britain at recent Olympiads with five golds, three silvers and two bronze medals snared on the water in 2004 and 2000. China had won a total of 11 medals, with three silvers and two bronze, while Australia have won nine. Four years after that, Bode Miller's two silvers, in giant slalom and combined, were the only U.S. medals. The five gold medals, five silvers and 15 bronzes were the highest number garnered by local innovators at the China International Exhibition of Inventions, held in Shanghai. Synonyms silver medal, second prize adjectiveˈsilvərˈsɪlvər US attributive Denoting a twenty-fifth anniversary. Example sentencesExamples In honor of the Operas Silver Anniversary, we are asking all opera lovers to make a special gift of just $25. verbˈsilvərˈsɪlvər [with object]often as adjective silvered 1Coat or plate with silver. 镀（或包）银于 large silvered candlesticks 镀银大烛台。 Example sentencesExamples Also in the Metropolitan Museum is a silvered and patinated copper jardiniere designed by Reiber for Christofle. The designer's simple but effective set has an Egyptian court, denoted by familiar golden iconography, standing opposite silvered pillars of Rome. The idol is silvered with the electrolytic process. Benneman repolished the veneers, restored the silvered containers for writing materials, repolished the marble top, relined the inside of the drop-front with green Morocco leather, restored the locks and provided a new key. The first examples had painted wood or engraved and silvered dials similar to those of long case clocks. It was a small shiny object, a ‘roundel’, which caught my eye because its surface was silvered or tinned. Some late 17th century and early 18th century brass and copper pieces of high quality were originally silvered. Synonyms plate with silver, coat with silver, overlay with silver, laminate with silver, back with silver 1.1 Provide (mirror glass) with a backing of a silver-colored material in order to make it reflective. （为了反射）镀银色物质于（镜子玻璃）背面 Example sentencesExamples Yet Stork determined the probable focal length of a concave mirror made by inverting and silvering the convex mirror shown in the painting. McFarlane's interest in the metallurgy of mirrors has led her to denature the silvered surfaces behind the glass so that the mirrors become almost entirely opaque, yet hold and reflect light. I leaned forward, so close to the silvered glass that my breath misted it slightly, partially obscuring my twin's mouth and nose. The ball itself was modelled with a silvered glass sphere of the correct diameter. Optical interferometry is a technique that splits a laser beam into two beams by using a partially silvered mirror. Alternatively, silvered glass could be substituted for transparent glass. Instead of silvered glass, however, the frame contains an oval of the same translucent blue Plexiglas, which invites introspection instead of mere self-contemplation. Onto this rubber membrane we attached a tiny piece of silvered glass, which acted as a mirror. ‘I've always liked mirrors,’ Lyra mused, turning this way and that as she studied her reflection in the silvered glass. Silvered mirrors, and marble vases with gold inlay are displayed in a corner. A block of glass is silvered over the upper portion of the face closest to the laser beam. He shaved quickly, using his dagger and a piece of silvered glass for a mirror, then dressed in clean clothes from his blanket roll. One drawing on a silvered mirror panel presents an axonometric rendering of a cubic form extending outward from the central image along parallel lines. Thus, it seems that mirror glass was silvered not only at glassworks but at looking-glass makers' shops as well. A sheet of glass is silvered with a pattern of repeated gestural strokes, making for a shifting lattice of fragmentary reflections and glimpses through the glass. 1.2literary (especially of the moon) give a silvery appearance to. 〈诗/文〉（尤指月光）使呈银色外表 the brilliant moon silvered the turf 明亮的月光使草皮披上了银装。 Example sentencesExamples The other early flowering pulmonaria in our garden is ‘Mary Mottram’ with heavily silvered pale leaves and blue flowers. We imagined it curling darkly through the reeds, and saw herons stalking its dusky flats; an owl swooped across waters silvered by the moon. The veins are silvered and the brown flower stems grow through, carrying a tiny twist of colour that will eventually be the flowers. The party of five emerged into the moonlight that silvered the high round of Naples's city wall, a looming mass of dead masonry that could have stood for the soul of the city. The stars popped out on the black canvas of the sky, and the crescent moon silvered the edges of the clouds, turning each one into a masterpiece. 1.3 Turn (a person's hair) gray or white. 使（头发）变成银灰色（或银白色） Example sentencesExamples No doubt he was one of those abstracted, lost-in-the-clouds types - it would explain why the rumpled, silvered hair needed cutting. He turned his head to look at her face, her green eyes sparkling in the moonlight, her hair silvered by it. Her fur and long hair were silvered, but it did not give her the appearance of being old. He had black hair that was slightly silvered at the temples, and bright, sparkling blue eyes. 1.4no object (of a person's hair) turn gray or white. 使（头发）变成银灰色（或银白色） Example sentencesExamples A handsome man with a large head and a shock of dark hair, slightly silvered, he was about to surprise his audience. He looked almost like her brother, tall, and moderately muscled, with black hair, silvering at the temples. At nearly 71 the red hair has silvered, but she is far from retired. Pale blond hair that was wispy and starting to silver with her age loosely framed her face. The older man looked to be in his early fifties, with dark brown hair beginning to silver at the temples, and dark chestnut eyes. His hair was long, dark and thick with waves, silvering where it touched his scalp. Phrases every cloud has a silver lining proverb Every difficult or sad situation has a comforting or more hopeful aspect, even though this may not be immediately apparent. 〈谚〉黑暗中总有一线光明 Example sentencesExamples It seems that if you're big, rich and powerful enough, every cloud has a silver lining. The sharp movement didn't make me physically tired, which shows that every cloud has a silver lining. Well, here's the news that proves the maxim every cloud has a silver lining. In a case of every cloud has a silver lining, Bernard had injured his knee and the other soldiers continued on their journey, only to be ambushed. To the economy, and every cloud has a silver lining, they say, but in the dismal science, as they call economics, the opposite is often true. But every cloud has a silver lining, and my memories of 1956 are generally fond. I tried to tell him to think of the good times, that every cloud has a silver lining. But, every cloud has a silver lining (for me anyway). All in all it's a bit of a mess but they say every cloud has a silver lining. But hey, it's not all bad, every cloud has a silver lining! the silver screen The movie industry; movies collectively. 总称电影业；电影 stars of the silver screen 电影明星。 Example sentencesExamples A film company are looking for locations fit for the silver screen for their latest production. Hollywood dominated the silver screen, and Thai movies were far and few in between. This is perhaps one of the most sinister of animated characters ever put on the silver screen. In recent years, a lot of Marvel superheroes have made the leap from printed page to silver screen. He was a legend, arguably the most beloved actor to grace the silver screen. Suburbia may not be as exciting as the silver screen, but it's infinitely less embarrassing. When real life for many is scarier than anything on the silver screen, why is the lust for fear universal? From what it sounds like, Brooks is just as much a ham in real life as he is on the silver screen. He is quite possibly the most famous leading man to ever grace the silver screen. When did it become wrong for the silver screen to become an escape from the heartache and pain around you? Origin Old English seolfor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zilver and German Silber. noun.1 phr.
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