| 单词 |
velvet-like |
| 释义 |
velvet-like, a. [f. velvet n.] Resembling (that of) velvet.
1677Miége Fr. Dict. i, Velouté,..made velvet-like. 1770Pennant Brit. Zool. IV. 4 Velvet Crab with the thorax quinquedentated; body covered with short brown velvet-like pile. 1796Withering Brit. Pl. (ed. 3) II. 134 The whole plant [is] of a velvet-like softness. 1819Stephens in Shaw Gen. Zool. XI. i. 173 The greater portion of the head covered by short and serrated, velvet-like feathers. 1829Loudon Encycl. Plants (1836) 615 The species are border flowers, in much esteem for their velvet-like leaves. 1845G. Dodd Brit. Manuf. Ser. iv. 109 The rib or raised part..is cut..so as to form a velvet-like pile. |

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