| 单词 | pearl |
| 释义 | pearl /pxl; P3l/ n 1 silvery-white or bluish-white spherical formation found inside the shells of some oysters, valued as a gem: 珍珠; 蚌珠： a necklace of 珍珠项链; a ~ necklace. 珍珠项链。 ~-diver n one who dives for ~-oysters. 潜水采珍珠贝的人。 '~-fishery n place where oysters are fished up. 珍珠只采集场; 养珠场。 '~-oyster n kind in which ~s are found.. 珍珠贝。 2 - mother-of- ~: 贝壳之珠母层： ~ buttons. 贝壳钮扣。 O mother. 3 small round fragment of various substances. 小图形物。 barley/-'sago n barley/sago rubbed into small ~-like grains. 珍珠麦 (西米); 被揉搓得像珠粒的大麦 (西米) 。 4 sth that looks like a ~, eg a dew-drop; sb or sth very precious: 像珍珠之物 (如露珠); 极重要之人; 极珍贵之物： She's a ~ among women. 她是妇女中的杰出者。 cast ~ before swine, (prov) offer sth valuable or beautiful to those who cannot appreciate it. (谚) 把珍美之物献给不能赏识者; 对牛弹琴。 vi fish for ~s: 采珠： go ~ing. 去采珠。 ~ Y adj of, like, ornamented with, ~s. 珠的; 似珠的; 以珍珠装饰的。 P~ Y King/Queen, costermonger wearing pearlies. 穿着饰有贝壳钮扣衣服的小贩。 ~ies n pl (the now festive) dress of some London costermongers, ornamented with many mother-of- ~ buttons. (目前节日时) 伦敦某些小贩所穿的衣服 (上面饰有许多贝殻钮扣) 。 |
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