pearl

[pə:l]

n.珍珠
v.(用珍珠)装饰, 呈珍珠状
adj.珍珠般的

n.

1. 珍珠[C]

The necklace is made of natural pearls.

这项链是用天然珍珠做成的。

Most pearls have a soft silvery-white or cream shine.

珍珠大都有柔和的白色或奶色光泽。

2. 珠状物(如眼泪, 皓齿等)[C]

Pearls of dew glistened on the leaves.

叶子上露珠晶莹。

3. 珍品; 人杰; 杰出典型[C]

She is a pearl among women.

她是女中豪杰。

4. 珍珠色[U]

5. 珍珠母[U]

vt.

1. 用珍珠装饰

Morning dew pearled the garden.

花园里晨露晶莹。

2. 使成珠状

3. 使呈珍珠色

vi.

1. 成珍珠状

Rain pearled down the window.

雨珠顺着窗户往下淌。

2. 采珍珠

He tried gold mining, pearling and fur trapping.

他尝试过淘金, 采珍珠和猎兽皮。

词形变化

动词过去式: pearled | 动词过去分词: pearled | 动词现在分词: pearling | 动词第三人称单数: pearls |

词义辨析

同义:

n.点滴; 水珠, 小球状物

drop  droplet  dewdrop  tear  bead  globule  glob  spherule  pellet

n.珍珠; 小装饰物

jewel  bijou  solitaire  brilliant  ornament  trinket

n.宝石; 最完美的东西; 稀有物

prize  treasure  gem  quintessence

a.有光彩的

nacreous  pearly  

同义参见:

white  pea  

英英释义

名词 pearl:

a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel

a shade of white the color of bleached bones

同义词：bone, ivory, off-white

a shape that is spherical and small

同义词：drop, bead

动词 pearl:

gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean

短语词组

Cast pearls before swine.

1. 对牛弹琴。

补充

pearlpearl英:[pə:l] 美:[pɚl]n.1.珍珠The necklace consists of three strings of pearls.这条项链由三串珍珠组成。He bought his girlfriend a pearl necklace.他给他女朋友买了一条珍珠项链。2.珠状物Pearls of dew glistened on the grass.草地上露珠晶莹剔透。3.珍品

例句

1. You do not value what should be valued, I see I was casting pearls before swine.你不珍视应该珍视的东西, 我看我是在对牛弹琴。 2. Her advice includes perfectly true but rather fulsome pearls of wisdom.她的建议确实不乏真知灼见, 但有点过分恭维了。 3. pearl earrings珍珠耳环 4. Sweat pearled his forehead.他额上满是汗珠。 5. to pearl barley把大麦碾制成粉粒 6. go pearling去采珍珠 7. Autumn rain pearled down the window.秋雨顺着窗户淌下。 8. the sweat stood in pearls along his forehead.他的前额布满了汗珠。 9. the nation's media were assembled to hear his pearls of wisdom.全国媒体聚集在一起聆听他智慧的结晶。 10. the juice on the blade pearled into droplets.刀刃上的果汁变成珠状的小滴。 11. the peaked hills, blue and pearled with clouds.这些在云层的衬托下呈现出蓝色及蓝灰色的尖顶山丘。 12. pearl earrings珍珠耳环 13. She wore a string of pearls.她戴着一串珍珠。 14. a pearl necklace珍珠项链 15. pearl earrings珍珠耳环 16. pearls of dew glistened on the grass.草上的露珠晶莹剔透。 17. pearl onions珍珠洋葱 18. She was a pearl among swine.她鹤立鸡群。 19. The island is a cultural pearl of the Pacific.这座岛是太平洋上的文化瑰宝。 20. He offered some pearls of wisdom [=good advice] about raising children.他提供了一些养育孩子的好建议。 21. (humorous) A crowd of reporters gathered around the coach after the game to hear him dispense his usual pearls of wisdom.赛后一群记者围住教练想听他像平常那样妙语连珠。