cowrie
/kou-ree/US // ˈkaʊ ri //UK // (ˈkaʊrɪ) //
贝贝贝,贝贝贝贝,贝贝贝壳,贝贝贝贝贝
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
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.
Examples
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.
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