| 释义 |
bead/bi:d/ n. & v.●n. 1a a small usu. rounded and perforated piece of glass, stone, etc., for threading with others to make jewellery, or sewing on to fabric, etc. (通常圆形的玻璃、宝石等的)珠子；(织物等上的)穿孔挂饰 b (in pl. 用复数) a string of beads; a rosary 一串珠子，念珠 2 a drop of liquid; a bubble 液体的一滴；气泡 3 a small knob in the foresight of a gun (枪上的)圆形准星 4 the inner edge of a pneumatic tyre that grips the rim of the wheel (汽车轮胎的)胎边，胎圈 5 Archit. 【建】a a moulding like a series of beads 一串珠饰 b a narrow moulding with a semicircular cross-section 凸圆线脚 ●v. 1 tr. furnish or decorate with beads 用珠装饰(点缀) 2 tr. string together 把…串起来 3 intr. form or grow into beads 形成(或长成)珠子 □ draw a bead on take aim at 瞄准 □ tell one's beads use the beads of a rosary etc. in counting prayers 拨弄着念珠(佛珠等)祈祷 □ beaded adj.[originally = ‘prayer’ (for which the earliest use of beads arose) : Old English gebed from Germanic, related to BID] |