watered silk

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

ˌwatered ˈsilk noun [uncountable] TIMa type of silk with a pattern of waves on it 波纹绸

Examples from the Corpus

watered silk• I looked down at the light blue watered silk.• Lucy wore a petrol blue watered silk dress with matching velvet jacket and had hyacinth pips in her hair.• Jackie from Marriage Lines takes us through day and evening invitations embossed with clinking champagne flutes and bordered in watered silk.• Its walls were ornately corniced in gold and papered in watered silk, a delicate bluebell colour.

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watered silk
ˌwatered ˈsilk

noun [uncountable]
a type of silk with a pattern of waves on it

watered silk

BrE

/ˌwɔːtəd ˈsɪlk/

NAmE

/ˌwɔːtərd ˈsɪlk/

/ˌwɑːtərd ˈsɪlk/

noun

[uncountable]

a type of shiny silk cloth with a pattern on it that looks like water in waves 波纹绸