silver
银,银色,白银,银色的
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- : Chemistry. a white, ductile metallic element, used for making mirrors, coins, ornaments, table utensils, photographic chemicals, conductors, etc. Symbol: Ag; atomic weight: 107.870; atomic number: 47; specific gravity: 10.5 at 20°C.
- : coin made of this metal; specie; money: a handful of silver.
- : this metal as a commodity or considered as a currency standard.
- : table articles made of or plated with silver, including flatware and hollowware.
- : any flatware: The kitchen silver is of stainless steel.
- : something resembling this metal in color, luster, etc.
- : a lustrous grayish white or whitish gray, or the color of the metal: the silver of the leaves.
- : any of the silver halides used for photographic purposes, as silver bromide, silver chloride, or silver iodide.
- : silver medal.
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Phrases
- silver lining
- born with a silver spoon
- cross someone's palm with silver
- hand to on a silver platter
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The coronavirus pandemic has been an all-around nightmare, but there are a few silver linings.
Just as gold has long been considered a “safe haven” for investors wary of tumultuous macroeconomic conditions, silver has similarly emerged as an option for those uncertain about what the future may hold for equities and other riskier bets.
To neuroscientists, the most intriguing development shown Friday may have been what Musk called “the link,” a silver-dollar-sized disk containing computer chips, which compresses and then wirelessly transmits signals recorded from the electrodes.
Cheaper popcorn could help nudge willing customers back to the silver screen.
Precious metals are found in your phone and computer, and each year $21 billion worth of gold and silver are used to manufacture new electronic devices.
Clad in a blue, striped button-down, a silver watch adorning his left wrist, Huckabee beams on the cover.
These are dark times for network TV, but experiments like Galavant are the silver lining.
Her name was Courtney, and she was a fashion editor for magazines like Photoplay, Screenland, Silver Screen.
No congratulations for those who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths and then blame the poor for being poor.
Brinsley stepped up to the passenger side of the patrol car, raised a silver Taurus semi-automatic pistol and began firing.