silvery-white
silvery-white — 形容詞
1. having a pale white color with a shiny, metallic quality, like the surface of po
銀白色
帶金屬光澤的淺白色
having a pale white color with a shiny, metallic quality, like the surface of polished silver.
Xiu's grandmother had beautiful silvery-white hair that she braided every morning.
Xiu 的祖母有一頭漂亮的銀白色頭髮，每天早上都會編辮子。
compound color adjective describing hair or fur
The silvery-white moonlight spread across the calm lake, lighting up the path ahead.
銀白色的月光灑在平靜的湖面上，照亮了前方的路。
compound color adjective describing natural light or water
Mauricio pointed to a silvery-white fish jumping out of the dark water.
Mauricio 指著一條從深色水中躍起的銀白色魚。
The cat's silvery-white fur glowed under the lamp as it curled up on the rug.
那隻貓的銀白色毛髮在燈光下微微發亮，牠蜷縮在地毯上。
- silvery
shorter form, less specific about the white quality; can describe grey-tinted or reflective surfaces
- pearly white
suggests a softer, less metallic lustre, like the inside of a seashell
文法句型
silvery-white + noun
用法筆記
This compound is primarily used in literary and descriptive writing to evoke a visual image of something white with a metallic sheen. It is an attributive adjective — it almost always appears before the noun it describes. In everyday conversation, speakers usually say 'silver' or 'white' alone.