pearl
珍珠,珍珠类,珍珠色,珍宝
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Definitions
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- : 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.
- : something precious or choice; the finest example of anything: pearls of wisdom.
- : a very pale gray approaching white but commonly with a bluish tinge.
- : mother-of-pearl: a pearl-handled revolver.
- : Printing. a 5-point type.
- : Also called epithelial pearl. Pathology. a rounded mass of keratin occurring in certain carcinomas of the skin.
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- : to adorn or stud with or as with pearls.
- : to make like pearls, as in form or color.
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- : to dive, fish, or search for pearls.
- : to assume a pearllike form or appearance.
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- : 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.
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Examples
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.