silver

• n. 银；银器；银币；银质奖章；餐具；银灰色
• adj. 银的；含银的；有银色光泽的；口才流利的；第二十五周年的婚姻
• vi. 变成银色
• vt. 镀银；使有银色光泽
• n. (Silver)人名；(法)西尔韦；(英、德、芬、瑞典)西尔弗

来自中古英语 silver,银，来自古英语 seolfor,银，来自 Proto-Germanic*silubra,银。引申词义 银器，银白色等。金属元素银来自拉丁语 argentum,银，词源同 argent,Argentine.

1. a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography

2. coins made of silver

3. a light shade of gray

4. silverware eating utensils

5. a medal made of silver (or having the appearance of silver) that is usually awarded for winning second place in a competition

silver

silver: [OE] The word silver probably originated in Asia Minor. Its unidentified source word was borrowed into prehistoric Germanic as *silubr-, which has evolved into German silber, Dutch zilver, Danish sølf, and English and Swedish silver. Borrowing of the same ancestral form into the Balto-Slavic languages produced Russian serebro, Polish and Serbo-Croat srebro, Lithuanian sidabras, and Latvian sidrabs.

silver (n.)

Old English seolfor, Mercian sylfur "silver; money," from Proto-Germanic *silubra- (cognates: Old Saxon silvbar, Old Frisian selover, Old Norse silfr, Middle Dutch silver, Dutch zilver, Old High German silabar, German silber "silver; money," Gothic silubr "silver"), from a common Germanic/Balto-Slavic term (cognates: Old Church Slavonic s(u)rebo, Russian serebro, Polish srebro, Lithuanian sidabras "silver") of uncertain relationship and origin. According to Klein's sources, possibly from a language of Asia Minor, perhaps from Akkadian sarpu "silver," literally "refined silver," related to sarapu "to refine, smelt."

As an adjective from late Old English (cognates: silvern). As a color name from late 15c. Of voices, words, etc., from 1520s in reference to the metal's pleasing resonance; silver-tongued is from 1590s. The silver age (1560s) was a phrase used by Greek and Roman poets. Chemical abbreviation Ag is from Latin argentum "silver," from the usual PIE word for the metal (see argent), which is missing in Germanic.

silver (v.)

"to cover or plate with silver," mid-15c., from silver (n.). Meaning "to tinge with gray" (of hair) is from c. 1600. Related: Silvered; silvering.

The snake has been named silver boa because it is metal-coloured and the first specimen found was climbing a silver palm tree.

出自-2017年6月听力原文

There is no silver bullet.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Everything about the look and feel of a wallet—the way the fastenings and materials wear and tear and loosen with age, the plastic and paper and gold and silver, and handwritten phone numbers and printed cinema tickets—is the very opposite of what our world is becoming.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Everything about the look and feel of a wallet—the way the fastenings and materials wear and tear and loosen with age, the plastic and paper and gold and silver, and handwritten phone numbers and printed cinema tickets—is the very opposite of what our wor

2015年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

I love the colonial fabrics, all the silver work, the furnishings, the combination of elegance and simplicity.

2017年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

The materials from e-waste include iron, copper gold, silver, and aluminum—materials that could be reused, resold, salvaged, or recycled.

2019年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

Electronic devices contain valuable metals such as gold and silver.

2015年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Speech is silver; silence is gold.

2016年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读D 选项

Truly elegant chopsticks might be made of gold and silver with Chinese characters.

2016年高考英语全国卷3 语法填空 原文

No one tries harder than the jobless to find silver linings in this national economic disaster.

2012年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Too often we believe that, a new job, bigger house or better car will be the magic silver bullet that will allow us to finally be content, but the reality is these things have little lasting impact on our happiness levels.

2016年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

a silver chain

银链

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made of solid silver

纯银制造

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a silver mine

银矿

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I need £2 in silver for the parking meter.

我需要在停车收费器里投2英镑银币。

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They've had to sell the family silver to pay the bills.

他们不得已卖掉家传的银器去支付账单。

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She won silver in last year's championships.

她在去年的锦标赛上获得银牌。

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The team won two silvers and a bronze.

这个运动队获得两枚银牌和一枚铜牌。

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These rich kids expect to have it all handed to them on a silver platter.

这些富家子弟指望一切都有人拱手送上。

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a silver car

银灰色汽车

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silver hair

银发

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Moonlight was silvering the countryside.

月光下的乡村泛着银光。

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...a hand-crafted brooch made from silver.

一枚手工银制胸针

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...amber earrings set in silver.

镶琥珀的银耳环

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...the basement where £150,000 in silver was buried.

埋有 150,000 英镑银币的地下室

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He beat the rugs and polished the silver.

他拍打去地毯上的灰尘，还擦拭了银器。

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He had thick silver hair which needed cutting.

他浓密的银发该理理了。

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...a silver sports car...

一辆银色跑车

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Britain went on to take bronze and then followed it up by winning silver in the World Cup.

英国斩获了铜牌，接下来又赢得了世界杯的银牌。

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