pearl 的 4 个定义
- a smooth, rounded bead formed within the shells of certain mollusks and composed of the mineral aragonite or calcite in a matrix, deposited in concentric layers as a protective coating around an irritating foreign object: valued as a gem when lustrous and finely colored.Compare cultured pearl.
- something resembling this, as various synthetic substances for use in costume jewelry.
- something similar in form, luster, etc., as a dewdrop or a capsule of medicine.
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- to adorn or stud with or as with pearls.
- to make like pearls, as in form or color.
- to dive, fish, or search for pearls.
- to assume a pearllike form or appearance.
- resembling a pearl in form or color.
- of or relating to pearls: pearl diving.
- set with a pearl or pearls or covered or inlaid with pearls or mother-of-pearl: a pearl necklace.
- having or reduced to small, rounded grains.
pearl 近义词
gem
更多pearl例句
- There are some folks who point out, correctly, that Pearl is at work on a causal calculus, that is, a calculus that can do causal reasoning.
- Jackie is the pearl of a new restaurant in Navy Yard, a high-concept addition to the neighborhood’s dining scene.
- Those with means have shifted to grow crops such as pearl millet, cow peas, bottle gourd and corn — essentially anything but rice — that use a fraction of the water.
- Most recently, LNC was used to grow watermelon, pearl millet, and zucchini in the desert outside Dubai.
- There’s a pearl of old internet wisdom to be skeptical of everything you see on the Internet.
- But Ruby Pearl kept order, and the more responsibility she took the more Spahn relied upon her.
- In the last few years, however, Spahn gradually began to notice changes in Ruby Pearl.
- What was America supposed to do after Pearl Harbor, put the keys to the Golden Gate in an airmail envelope and send them to Tojo?
- In 1882, the Pearl Street station, in lower Manhattan, went on line, with 59 customers – mostly businesses and factories.
- But after Pearl Harbor there was no longer a case for special pleading.
- "The Seorita is a pearl of prudence and discretion: do whatever she desired you," said Alphonse.
- I must admit that there is some excuse for you; the pearl of Andalusia is undoubtedly ravissante.
- It must have been the window-panes, for he was anxious to get the most beautiful mother-of-pearl he could find.
- He knows the whole piano literature, and is continually fishing up some new or old pearl or other to surprise one with.
- The wind-blown rain-makers lost their leaden hue and became a soft pearl-gray, all fleecy white around the edges.