网站首页  词典首页

请输入您要查询的词汇:

 

词汇 pearl
释义 pearl
noun
uk /pɜːl/ us /pɝːl/
[ C or U ]
a small, round object, usually white, that forms around a grain of sand inside the shell of a sea creature, especially an oyster. Pearls are valuable and are used to make jewellery: 珍珠
a string of pearls一串珍珠
a pearl necklace珍珠项链
 
ToscaWhi/ iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages
 pearls[ plural ]
jewellery made from pearls: 珍珠首饰
He gave her pearls for her birthday.他送给她珍珠首饰作为生日礼物。
You never saw her without her pearls - even on the beach!
Pearls are a safe bet for wearing with a little black dress.
She was dressed in a cashmere sweater and pearls.
She sat in front of the mirror and fastened her pearls around her neck.
 
Anna Petrova Ilieva-Alikaj/EyeEm/GettyImages
[ C ]
an artificially made pearl: 人造珍珠
cultured pearls养殖的珍珠
[ Cusually plural ] food & drink specialized
a very small ball of some types of food :
The pearls of rice are delicate and creamy.
Tapioca is a starchy substance from the cassava plant and comes in many forms, including pellets called pearls.
Pearls of caviar rolled nicely on the tongue.
[ C ]literary
a small drop of liquid: 液态珠状物
There were pearls of dew on the grass.草地上有点点露珠。
[ U ]
the white shiny colour of pearl or a pale colour珠灰色,银白色
[ U ]
→ mother-of-pearl: 珍珠母(同 mother-of-pearl)
pearl buttons珍珠母纽扣
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Jewelry
ankle bracelet
antihelix
antitragus
auricle
bangle
barbell
be dripping with somethingidiom
bejewelled
brooch
charm
crown jewels
cultured pearl
diamanté
engagement ring
gem
jewellery box
medallion
rhinestone
tiepin
treasure

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:


Geology: precious & semi-precious stones
Food - general words
Spherical, circular and annular objects
Black, white & grey
The skin, hair & bone of non-human animals

Idiom


a pearl of great price
pearl
verb[ I ]
uk /pɜːl/ us /pɝːl/
[ I ]
(of a liquid) to form small drops on a surface:
Sweat was pearling on her brow.
He quartered an orange with the knife and the juice on the blade pearled into droplets.
 be pearled with sth
(of a surface) to have small drops of liquid form on it:
The heavy dish cover was pearled around the edge with glistening drops.
She saw one of Annie's thin white arms, pearled with water, shoot into the sky as the boat righted itself.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Movement of liquids
backsplash
be dripping with somethingidiom
brim
brim over
brim with something
drool
funnel
leakage
pour
pour-over
reinject
reinjection
respray
ripple
spate
staunch
stem
swash
swill
swirl

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:


Wet weather & wetness

pearl | American Dictionary


pearl
noun[ C ]
us/ˈpɜrl/
a small, shiny, hard ball, usually white or blue-gray, that forms around a grain of sand inside some oyster shells and is valued as a jewel:
a string of pearls

Examples of pearl


pearl
However, the necklace is on somebody's neck, so you cannot reverse the order of the pearls.
All pearls are refereed (including my own), and there is often a fair amount of polishing as a result of the reviewing stage.
Authors like writing pearls perhaps because they like responding to the opportunities and challenges provided by the format.
Worshippers likewise adorn themselves with strings of these pearls during the days of the rites, adding a special lustre to the crowd.
In the following pages you will find no less than three pearls for your enjoyment and instruction.
If fortunate, the shell would contain pearls; if not, it would brim with something far less desirable.
The second kind of pearls have a totally different origin.
The remains of the larva have been identified in the centre of sections of decalcified pearls.
The bibliographies of all included studies were manually searched for relevant references that may have been missed in the database search (pearling).
We expect to have pearls appear in subsequent issues of the journal.
The pearls are from all over the world, selected for the finest quality, smoothness and lustre.
In the text, all problems are evidently n- concretely dressed, dealing with elephants, peacocks, swans, pearls, etc.
As a result of these waves, fixed sporocysts had the appearance of strings of misshapen natural pearls.
In 1640 the council reprimanded serving-girls who had been wearing items reserved for the children of distinguished parents, such as pearls and decorated shoes.
You are holding a necklace in your hands, composed of no fewer than thirteen exquisite pearls.
See all examples of pearl
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

Collocations withpearl


pearl

These are words often used in combination with pearl.

Click on a collocation to see more examples of it.


black pearl
Hence, we propose the technique as a blackpearl.
freshwater pearl
Additional scientific and survey work is currently in progress to identify suitable sites for the otter, great crested newt, freshwater pearl mussel and fen moss.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
pearl earrings
Mama has also invariably worn a few fashion accessories: a white pearl necklace and white pearl earrings.
From
Wikipedia

This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
See all collocations with pearl
随便看

 

反思网英语在线翻译词典收录了377474条英语词汇在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2005-2024 fscai.com All Rights Reserved 更新时间:2025/3/14 18:43:47