1British Foil made of aluminium or other silver-coloured metal.
〈主英〉银箔
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Louise began experimenting with different materials in an attempt to bring the outdoors inside, graduating from silver paper to specialist hobby paints.
But I didn't expect him to give me a rectangular box wrapped in silver paper with a card reading the name Keith.
Add a strip of silver paper to cover flame edges.
‘Look,’ she said, touching it with both her hands to emphasise the point, ‘it's wrapped in silver paper.’
In those far off days I used bits of bird feather, rabbit fur and silver paper wrapped around a hook.
2archaic Fine white tissue paper.
〈古〉细白薄纸
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There is a tariff on papers known commercially as copying paper, filtering paper, silver paper, and tissue paper.
Definition of silver paper in US English:
silver paper
nounˈsɪlvər ˈpeɪpərˈsilvər ˈpāpər
1British Foil made of aluminum or other silver-colored metal.
〈主英〉银箔
Example sentencesExamples
‘Look,’ she said, touching it with both her hands to emphasise the point, ‘it's wrapped in silver paper.’
In those far off days I used bits of bird feather, rabbit fur and silver paper wrapped around a hook.
Add a strip of silver paper to cover flame edges.
But I didn't expect him to give me a rectangular box wrapped in silver paper with a card reading the name Keith.
Louise began experimenting with different materials in an attempt to bring the outdoors inside, graduating from silver paper to specialist hobby paints.
2archaic Fine white tissue paper.
〈古〉细白薄纸
Example sentencesExamples
There is a tariff on papers known commercially as copying paper, filtering paper, silver paper, and tissue paper.