词汇 | pearl |
释义 | pearl /pɝl/ pearl 1 n. A small rounded mass of lustrous, satiny substance, creamy or silvery white to black in color, valued as a gem; found within the shells of some shellfish, esp. certain oysters. 珍珠。 Anything like such a gem in form or value. 似珍珠之物。 A pale, grayish white color. 灰白色;珍珠色。 An imitation of the gem. 人造珍珠。 mother-of-pearl 珍珠母。 A size of type, 5 point. 【印】小活字。 Something that is a fine example of its kind. 菁英;典范。 phrases cast [throw] (one's) pearls before swine 【古】对牛弹琴。 (过去式: pearled; 过去完成式: pearled; 现在进行式: pearling) v.t. To set, or adorn with pearls. 镶以珍珠;饰以珍珠。 v.i. To fish for pearls. 探珠。 He tried gold-mining, then pearling. 他试过淘金,然后也试过采珍珠。 idoms pearl ash 珍珠灰。 pearl barley 大麦粉粒。 pearl button 贝扣。 pearl diver [fisher] 采珠的潜水夫;采珠人。 pearl fishery 采珠场。 pearl gray 略呈蓝色的灰白色。 Pearl Harbor 珍珠港。位于夏威夷群岛中欧胡岛之南岸。 pearl millet 【植】栗。 pearl oyster 珍珠贝。 pearl shell 珍珠贝。 pearl white 鱼鳞粉(人造珠的原料)。 pearl 2 (过去式: pearled; 过去完成式: pearled; 现在进行式: pearling) v.i. To make a nose dive into the trough of a wave. (冲浪运动)俯冲进浪谷。 |
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