Velvet

(noun.) a silky densely piled fabric with a plain back.

(adj.) resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface .

(adj.) smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste .

整理:罗莎

• Sir Percival looked seriously embarrassed and distressed, Mr. Fairlie stretched out his lazy legs on his velvet footstool, and said, Dear Marian! 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• The whole covers a crimson velvet cap with an ermine border. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• And what's this with a grey gown and a black velvet cap? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• She had on a black velvet polonaise with jet buttons, and a tiny green monkey muff; I never saw her so stylishly dressed, Janey continued. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Paul, for light enough still lingered to show the velvet blackness of his close-shorn head, and the sallow ivory of his brow) looked in. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• They are clothed in velvet and warm in their furs and their ermines, while we are covered with rags. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• At the Opera I know she had on dark blue velvet, perfectly plain and flat--like a night-gown. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• The eight-pointed cross of his order was cut on the shoulder of his mantle in black velvet. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• In a short time a white metallic image is obtained, which, when relieved by a background of black velvet or black varnish, equals in delicacy of finish the most beautiful Daguerreotypes. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Around her neck was a narrow black velvet ribbon with the ends falling down her back. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• The young man felt a touch on his arm and saw Mrs. van der Luyden looking down on him from the pure eminence of black velvet and the family diamonds. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• You can buy enough velvet in Genoa for twenty-five dollars to make a five hundred dollar cloak in New York--so the ladies tell me. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• He wore a semi-military smoking jacket, claret-coloured, with a black velvet collar. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• I caught glimpses of velvet chairs, a high white marble mantel-piece, and what seemed to be a suit of Japanese armor at one side of it. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• The remaining portion of the lady is encased in a dark-colored skirt (black velvet is the best), and her feet are firmly strapped to a wood rest at the back of the cabinet, as shown in Fig.?2. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• But Genoa's greatness has degenerated into an unostentatious commerce in velvets and silver filagree-work. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• There would be no occasion to prohibit the importation of foreign silks and velvets. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Lyons velvets rank higher in America than those of Genoa. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.

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