| 释义 |
pearls noun, plural—珠 n (almost always used) 珍珠 n (almost always used) Examples:cast pearls before swine—cast pearls before swine [idiom.]—casting pearls before swine—joined as a string of pearls—buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside—pass off fish eyes for pearls—pendant of pearls on coronet—gems or pearls formerly put inthe mouth of a corpse—classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc—pearls or shells strung together—classifier for small round objects e.g. coins, rings, badges, pearls, medals; also for rockets and satellites—jade dew like pearls [idiom.]—erroneously called Chinese pearl barley—The nine provinces of Southern China around Guangzhou and the Pearl River delta—words flowing like pearl beads—pluck a pearl from the black dragon (idiom, from Zhuangzi); fig. to pick out the salient points (from a tangled situation)—the Pan-Pearl river delta (economic zone including the 5 provinces around Guangzhou and Hong Kong)—the Bocca Tigris, a narrow strait in the Pearl River Delta, Guangdong—smart words like a string of pearl—lit. pearl flows, jade moves on (idiom); fig. the passage of time—dragon pearl fruit (genus Hylocereus)—string of pearl and jade (idiom); ideal combination—pearl oyster (genus Pinctada)—lit. hold the pearl of wisdom [idiom.]—lit. a pearl in the palm [idiom.]—lit. cutting one's stomach hide a pearl [idiom.]— |