silverwork

/ˈsɪɫvɝwɜɹk/ noun

Work, usually ornamental, done in silver.

Word Origin A straightforward compound of silvers and work — the craft of shaping silvers. Silvers comes from Proto-Germanic *silubrą, and work from PIE *werg- 'to do'. So silverswork is literally 'doing with silvers'. Related words like silversware and silversmith show the same pattern.

noun Work, usually ornamental, done in silver. countable

The museum displayed exquisite silverwork from the Victorian era.

(名词) 银饰工艺;银器工艺

博物馆展出了维多利亚时代精美的银器工艺品。

(sustantivo) Trabajo, generalmente ornamental, realizado en plata.

El museo exhibió exquisitas piezas de platería de la era victoriana.

(nom) argenterie; orfèvrerie; travail d'argent; argenterie d'art [Travail artisanal, généralement ornemental, réalisé en argent.]

Le musée exposait de magnifiques silverwork de l'époque victorienne.

(Substantiv) Silberarbeit; Silberschmiedearbeit [handwerkliche oder künstlerische Arbeit, die aus Silber gefertigt ist, meist mit dekorativem Charakter]

Das Museum zeigte exquisite **silverwork** aus der viktorianischen Zeit.

(名詞) 銀で作られ、通常は装飾目的の細工。

博物館にはビクトリア朝時代の精巧な銀細工が展示されていた。

(substantivo) prataria; ourivesaria; trabalho em prata [Trabalho, geralmente ornamental, feito em prata.]

O museu exibiu peças requintadas de ourivesaria em prata da era vitoriana.

Word parts: silver + work

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