pearl

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /pɜːl/|[pʰəːɫ]    美 /pɝl/|[pʰɚɫ]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Round lustrous pearls are used in jewellery. countable,literally,uncountable
  2. A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Round lustrous pearls are used in jewellery.; Nacre; mother-of-pearl. countable,literally,uncountable
  3. Something precious. countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — I see thee compassed with thy kingdom's pearl.
  4. A capsule of gelatin or similar substance containing liquid for, e.g., medicinal application. countable,uncountable
  5. A whitish speck or film on the eye. countable,uncountable
    — Boast not of your eyes; it is feared you have Balaam's disease, a pearl in your eye, Mammon's prestriction.
  6. A fish allied to the turbot; the brill. countable,uncountable
  7. A light-colored tern. countable,uncountable
  8. One of the circle of tubercles which form the bur on a deer's antler. countable,uncountable
  9. A fringe or border. countable,uncountable
  10. A valuable little nugget of information; especially, an aphorism or tip that is operationally useful for decision-making. countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — clinical pearls
  11. The clitoris. countable,euphemistic,figuratively,slang,uncountable
    — My mouth and tongue finally find her pearl. Her clitoris.
  12. Ellipsis of pearl tapioca. abbreviation,alt-of,countable,ellipsis,uncountable
  13. Argent, in blazoning by precious stones. countable,uncountable
    — Errol. Pearl three Escutcheons Ruby. / Elgin. Topaz a Saltier and Chief Ruby, on a Canton Pearl a Lyon Rampant Saphyr, which last is their paternal Coat; and the Field Topaz, and Saltier, and Chief Ruby, was the Arms of King Robert the Bruce, they altering the Field from Pearl (as he bore it) to Topaz.
  14. The size of type between diamond and agate, standardized as 5-point. dated,uncountable
  15. A jewel or gem. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — There is gold, and multitude of pearles: but a precious vessel the lips of knowledge.
动词 v.
  1. To set or adorn with pearls, or with mother-of-pearl. figuratively,sometimes,transitive
    — Syed Omar began to walk to the airport. Sweat pearled his tough brown skin, his fat bounced in rhythm.
  2. To cause to resemble pearls in shape; to make into small round grains. transitive
    — to pearl barley
  3. To cause to resemble pearls in lustre or iridescence. transitive
    — A Teaching Company Scheme developing new technology for pearling light bulbs was established in October […]
  4. To resemble pearl or pearls. intransitive
  5. To bead; to form droplets. intransitive
    — I'm left here with the memory of all their shining words, like drops of water pearling on the window-pane
  6. To hunt for pearls intransitive
    — to go pearling
  7. To sink the nose of one's surfboard into the water, often on takeoff. intransitive
    — Used a pointed tip today and learned why I kept pearling with my round tipped board. Round noses like to dig into the water, causing frustrating wipeouts.
  8. Of the nose of the surfboard: to sink in this manner. intransitive
    — He couldn't even turn the board or raise the nose. Consequently, the board pearled, nose-dived into the water, throwing Lee off almost like being thrown from a horse. But he persisted.
  9. Of aquatic plants: to produce visible bubbles on the stems and leaves during photosynthesis, usually in a simulated environment like an aquarium. intransitive
  10. To use an ender pearl to teleport by throwing it.

词形变化

pearls plural pearls present,singular,third-person pearling participle,present pearled participle,past pearled past

词汇关系

近义词
margarite
衍生词
banded pearl baroque pearl bath pearl bepearl Blue Pearl of Morocco cave pearl coconut pearl empearl epithelial pearl freshwater pearl mussel impearl keratin pearl mother of pearl mother-of-pearl cloud Pearl pearlaceous pearl-ash pearlash pearl aura Pearl Beach pearl body pearl-bordered fritillary pearl bush Pearl City pearl-clutcher pearl-clutching pearl-clutchingly pearl-clutchy pearl-coated pearl cooler pearlcore pearl couscous pearl danio pearldom pearl edge pearlescent pearlesque pearl eye pearlfish pearl grass pearl grey Pearl Harbor pearl haricot bean pearliculture perliculture pearlie pearlin pearlish pearlite pearlized pearlless pearllike pearl moss pearl mullet pearl-necklace pearlness Pearl of Africa pearl of great price pearl of the Antilles pearl powder pearl rice Pearl River pearlscale pearl shell pearlside pearl sinter pearl spar pearlstone pearl sugar pearl tapioca pearl tea pearlware pearl wedding pearl white pearlwise pearlwort pearly penile pearl polish the pearl sulphur pearl sweet mother of pearl tapioca pearl cultured pearl mabe pearl mother-of-pearl pearl ash pearl barley pearl cotton pearl diver pearler pearl essence pearl gray pearling pearl millet pearl necklace pearl of wisdom pearl onion pearl oyster pearly king pearly nautilus pearly queen pearly whites perlemoen seed pearl sulfur pearl
相关词
nacreous

词源

词源 1
Inherited from Middle English perle, from Old French perle of uncertain etymology. Probably via unattested Medieval Latin *pernula, from Latin perna (“haunch; a marine bivalve shaped like a leg of lamb”) but also derived from Medieval Latin perla, from Latin perula (“little bag”). Its typographic use follows the name given by Jean Jannon to the type used in his miniature editions of Vergil, Horace, & the New Testament in the 1620s, which were the smallest printed works to his time. Its surfing use derives from the supposed resemblance to pearl diving.
词源 2
Inherited from Middle English perle, from Old French perle of uncertain etymology. Probably via unattested Medieval Latin *pernula, from Latin perna (“haunch; a marine bivalve shaped like a leg of lamb”) but also derived from Medieval Latin perla, from Latin perula (“little bag”). Its typographic use follows the name given by Jean Jannon to the type used in his miniature editions of Vergil, Horace, & the New Testament in the 1620s, which were the smallest printed works to his time. Its surfing use derives from the supposed resemblance to pearl diving.
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