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- a hard, lustrous spherical mass, typically white or bluish-grey, formed within the shell of a pearl oyster or other bivalve mollusc and highly prized as a gem珍珠。
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- an artificial imitation of this人造珍珠。
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- (pearls) a necklace of pearls珍珠项链。
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- something resembling a pearl in appearance珠状物：
the sweat stood in pearls along his forehead.
他的前额布满了汗珠。
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- short for MOTHER-OF-PEARL.MOTHER-OF-PEARL的简称。
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- figurative a precious thing; the finest example of something〈喻〉珍品; 杰出典型：
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。
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- mass noun a very pale bluish grey or white like the colour of a pearl珠灰色, 蓝灰色。
no obj.
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- poetic/literary form pearl-like drops〈诗/文〉成珠状滴：
the juice on the blade pearled into droplets.
刀刃上的果汁变成珠状的小滴。
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- with obj. make bluish-grey like a pearl使呈珠灰色, 使呈蓝灰色：
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。
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- usu. as noun pearling dive or fish for pearl oysters（潜水）采珍珠。
短语
pearls before swine
- valuable things offered or given to people who do not appreciate them送给不识货者的宝物, 暗投的明珠。
派生词
pearler
noun词源
late Middle English: from Old French perle, perhaps based on Latin perna 'leg', extended to denote a leg-ofmuttonshaped bivalve.