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silk stocking

/silk-stok-ing/US // ˈsɪlkˈstɒk ɪŋ //

丝袜,网袜,长筒袜,长筒丝袜

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : rich or luxurious in dress.
    • : aristocratic or wealthy: a silk-stocking neighborhood.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who dresses richly or luxuriously.
    • : an aristocratic or wealthy person.

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Examples

  • A stocking stuffed with $324,000 in easily negotiable $20 bills weighs 132 pounds.

  • This candle may just be the perfect stocking stuffer or gift for a dear friend.

  • Poking out of the shiny gold pages is a “distinctive silk marker”—also gold—which “complements the color of the leather.”

  • Sometimes I wear my silk pyjamas when I am going for a walk in the mornings, does that make me eccentric?

  • Behind their silk hats loom shadows of their immigrant forbears.

  • Q was a Queen, who wore a silk slip; R was a Robber, and wanted a whip.

  • He urged the growing of mulberry trees and the propagation of silk worms, as being of more value than tobacco.

  • She had been properly dressed for the occasion in black tulle and black silk tights.

  • A chair covered with red silk, borne on the shoulders of sixteen chair-men, passed up to the temple.

  • Instead of a cloth, on each table was a sheet of fine glazed paper which had the appearance of oiled silk.