英语词汇“pearl”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

pearl

(pɜːʳl )

Word forms: pearls

1. countable noun

A pearl is a hard round object which is shiny and usually creamy-white in colour. Pearls grow inside the shell of an oyster and are used for making expensive jewellery.

She wore a string of pearls at her throat.

I put on the pearl earrings Daddy had bought me.

2. See also mother-of-pearl

3. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]

Pearl is used to describe something which looks like a pearl.

...tiny pearl buttons.

4. to cast pearls before swine phrase [VERB inflects]

If you say that someone is casting pearls before swine, you mean that they are wasting their time by offering something that is helpful or valuable to someone who does not appreciate or understand it.

You do not value what should be valued, I see I was casting pearls before swine.

5. pearls of wisdom phrase [NOUN inflects]

People describe what someone says as pearls of wisdom to suggest that it is wise or helpful, often when they are joking.

And what is that pearl of wisdom supposed to mean?

Her advice includes perfectly true but rather fulsome pearls of wisdom.

Translations:

Chinese: 珍珠, 珍珠般的

Japanese: 真珠, 真珠のような

单词	pearl
释义	pearl (pɜːʳl ) Word forms: pearls 1. countable noun A pearl is a hard round object which is shiny and usually creamy-white in colour. Pearls grow inside the shell of an oyster and are used for making expensive jewellery. She wore a string of pearls at her throat. I put on the pearl earrings Daddy had bought me. 2. See also mother-of-pearl 3. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] Pearl is used to describe something which looks like a pearl. ...tiny pearl buttons. 4. to cast pearls before swine phrase [VERB inflects] If you say that someone is casting pearls before swine, you mean that they are wasting their time by offering something that is helpful or valuable to someone who does not appreciate or understand it. You do not value what should be valued, I see I was casting pearls before swine. 5. pearls of wisdom phrase [NOUN inflects] People describe what someone says as pearls of wisdom to suggest that it is wise or helpful, often when they are joking. And what is that pearl of wisdom supposed to mean? Her advice includes perfectly true but rather fulsome pearls of wisdom. Translations: Chinese: 珍珠, 珍珠般的 Japanese: 真珠, 真珠のような
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