| 单词 | cultured pearl |
| 释义 | > as lemmascultured pearl d. Of fish, pearls, etc.: grown or produced under controlled conditions; farmed; esp. in cultured pearl. Cf. culture n. 2b. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > pearl > [noun] > varieties of unioOE pearl of orientc1400 seed pearl1551 powdering pearls1606 pear pearl1647 Welsh pearl1681 peara1685 union1694 akoya1727 river pearl1776 orient1833 bouton pearl1851 blister pearl1885 Bombay pearl1885 teardrop pearl1904 cultured pearl1911 culture pearl1921 1911 Washington Post 12 Jan. 3/4 Cultured pearls. Exclusive, elegant, and durable. 1930 Pop. Sci. Monthly Dec. 45/3 Like ‘natural’ pearls, the cultured product can be dissolved in acids. 1964 Chesapeake Sci. 5 46 Habits of cultured fish are briefly mentioned. 2005 J. Diamond Collapse (2006) xvi. 488 Cultured fish strains have been selected for rapid growth at the expense of poor survival in the wild (50 times worse survival for cultured salmon than for wild salmon). < as lemmas |
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