cowrie 的定义
plural cow·ries.
- the highly polished, usually brightly colored shell of a marine gastropod of the genus Cypraea, as that of C. moneta, used as money in certain parts of Asia and Africa, or that of C. tigris, used for ornament.
- the gastropod itself.
更多cowrie例句
- They are no wiser than the savages, who hide and hoard their little heaps of cowrie-shells.
- In either half five or six holes were scooped out, and the game consisted in dropping cowrie shells or pebbles into the holes.
- The folly of the gambling savage, who stakes his liberty against a handful of cowrie shells is nothing to it.
- Their leathern collars are covered with cowrie shells sewn on them in various fantastic patterns.
- A garter of white cowrie shells encircled one leg just below the knee.