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    silverware

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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    sil·ver·ware /ˈsɪlvəweə $ -vərwer/ noun [uncountable]  1. DFU British English objects that are made of silver, for example dishes, plates, knives, forks etc 银器2. American English knives, forks, and spoons that are made of silver or a similar metal 银餐具；金属餐具〔如刀子、叉子、汤匙等〕3  British English a silver cup that a person or team wins in a sports competition 〔体育比赛中的〕银杯 The club has not yet given up hope of ending the season with some silverware. 该俱乐部仍未放弃在赛季结束时拿银杯的希望。
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    silverware• The many specialist jewellery and silverware and watch shops in the famous Jewellery Quarter offer quality craftsmanship at amazing prices.• Our reputation is built on the manufacturing skills that have made Sheffield world famous for cutlery and Birmingham equally renowned for silverware.• A round table was covered with a white linen cloth and glistening silverware.• For half an hour she lay on the floor in pain before they finally left with a hoard of silverware.• Her gear shifts sounded like twenty cooks pushing trays of silverware into an industrial-strength garbage disposal.• There was a white linen napkin, and the silverware was of the finest quality.• From down the hall came the sound of tinkling silverware and the scrape of a chair being settled in its place.
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    silverware
    sil‧ver‧ware /ˈsɪlvəweə $ -vərwer/ noun [uncountable]
    1. British English objects that are made of silver, for example dishes, plates, knives, forks etc
    2. American English knives, forks, and spoons that are made of silver or a similar metal
    3. British English a silver cup that a person or team wins in a sports competition:
        The club has not yet given up hope of ending the season with some silverware.


    sil·ver·wareBrE /ˈsɪlvəweə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsɪlvərwer/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] objects that are made of or covered with silver, especially knives, forks, dishes, etc. that are used for eating and serving food 银器，镀银器皿（尤指餐具）◆a piece of silverware一件银器 (also flat·ware) (both NAmE) (also cut·lery especially in BrE ) knives, forks and spoons, used for eating and serving food 餐具（刀、叉和匙）(BrE, informal) a silver cup that you win in a sports competition （体育比赛中的）银杯 SYN trophy