pearl

noun

/pɜːl/

/pɜːrl/

Idioms

enlarge image
[countable] a small hard shiny white ball that forms inside the shell of an oyster and is of great value as a jewel珍珠
- a string of pearls一挂珍珠
- a pearl necklace珍珠项链
- She was wearing her pearls (= a necklace of pearls).她戴着她的珍珠项链。
see also seed pearlTopics Clothes and Fashionc1
[countable] a copy of a pearl that is made artificially人造珍珠
(also mother-of-pearl)
[uncountable] the hard smooth shiny substance in various colours that forms a layer inside the shells of some types of shellfish and is used in making buttons and for decoration珍珠
- pearl buttons珍珠母纽扣
[countable, usually singular] a thing that looks like a pearl in shape or colour（形状或颜色）像珍珠之物
- pearls of dew on the grass草上的露珠
[countable] a thing that is very highly valued极有价值的东西
- She is a pearl among women.她是女中豪杰。
- The ski resort is known as the Pearl of the Alps.这个滑雪胜地被称为阿尔卑斯山的明珠。

词源late Middle English: from Old French perle, perhaps based on Latin perna ‘leg’, extended to denote a leg-of-mutton-shaped bivalve.

Idioms

cast, throw, etc. pearls before swine

to give or offer valuable things to people who do not understand their value明珠暗投；对牛弹琴

a pearl of wisdom

(usually ironic) a wise remark睿智的语言；隽语；妙语
- Thank you for those pearls of wisdom.谢谢你的金玉良言。
- students eager to catch pearls of wisdom from the professor's lips渴望从教授口中得到至理名言的学生
- They would treat these pearls of wisdom with some scepticism.他们会对这些智慧之珠持怀疑态度。
- His journals are full of dubious pearls of homespun wisdom.他的日记中记下了许多朴素却不可靠的箴言。

词汇	pearl
释义	pearl noun /pɜːl/ /pɜːrl/ Idioms enlarge image [countable] a small hard shiny white ball that forms inside the shell of an oyster and is of great value as a jewel珍珠 a string of pearls一挂珍珠 a pearl necklace珍珠项链 She was wearing her pearls (= a necklace of pearls).她戴着她的珍珠项链。 see also seed pearlTopics Clothes and Fashionc1 [countable] a copy of a pearl that is made artificially人造珍珠 (also mother-of-pearl) [uncountable] the hard smooth shiny substance in various colours that forms a layer inside the shells of some types of shellfish and is used in making buttons and for decoration珍珠 pearl buttons珍珠母纽扣 [countable, usually singular] a thing that looks like a pearl in shape or colour（形状或颜色）像珍珠之物 pearls of dew on the grass草上的露珠 [countable] a thing that is very highly valued极有价值的东西 She is a pearl among women.她是女中豪杰。 The ski resort is known as the Pearl of the Alps.这个滑雪胜地被称为阿尔卑斯山的明珠。词源late Middle English: from Old French perle, perhaps based on Latin perna ‘leg’, extended to denote a leg-of-mutton-shaped bivalve. Idioms cast, throw, etc. pearls before swine to give or offer valuable things to people who do not understand their value明珠暗投；对牛弹琴 a pearl of wisdom (usually ironic) a wise remark睿智的语言；隽语；妙语 Thank you for those pearls of wisdom.谢谢你的金玉良言。 students eager to catch pearls of wisdom from the professor's lips渴望从教授口中得到至理名言的学生 They would treat these pearls of wisdom with some scepticism.他们会对这些智慧之珠持怀疑态度。 His journals are full of dubious pearls of homespun wisdom.他的日记中记下了许多朴素却不可靠的箴言。
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