Silk that has been treated in such a way as to give it a wavy, lustrous finish.
波纹绸
Example sentencesExamples
The softly blurred, photograph-like images glow with a hypnotic intensity that recalls the texture of watered silk.
These techniques give walls the dramatic effect of crushed velvet, parchment, chamois leather, watered silk or brocade.
He looked at the scarlet watered silk of the long train, that was spread all over the ground and gleamed beautifully in the flickering light of the torches.
When the cardinal later came to the seminary at Mundelein, a trainbearer was needed to carry his twenty-foot train of scarlet watered silk.
Of powder blue watered silk, Maria's new dress fitted her like a glove, the tightness of the bodice accentuating her tiny waist and contrasting with the fullness of her skirts.
Definition of watered silk in US English:
watered silk
nounˈwɔdərd
Silk that has been treated in such a way as to give it a wavy, lustrous finish.
波纹绸
Example sentencesExamples
The softly blurred, photograph-like images glow with a hypnotic intensity that recalls the texture of watered silk.
These techniques give walls the dramatic effect of crushed velvet, parchment, chamois leather, watered silk or brocade.
He looked at the scarlet watered silk of the long train, that was spread all over the ground and gleamed beautifully in the flickering light of the torches.
Of powder blue watered silk, Maria's new dress fitted her like a glove, the tightness of the bodice accentuating her tiny waist and contrasting with the fullness of her skirts.
When the cardinal later came to the seminary at Mundelein, a trainbearer was needed to carry his twenty-foot train of scarlet watered silk.