单词 | pearlet |
释义 | pearletn. A small pearl. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > bivalves > that produces pearls > pearl pearlc1375 pearlet1559 1559–69 Acct. Queen's Purse in J. Nichols Progresses Queen Elizabeth (1823) I. 271 6l. for her half yeres wages for translating the Quene's perllets. 1841 T. J. Ouseley Eng. Melodies 64 The infant dew..on every blade, Like pearl-lets shower'd. a1861 D. Gray Poet. Wks. (1874) 163 That man Who, bathing in the pure Castalian fount, Arose, and from his form with pearlets clad Shook off the diamonds in bright profusion. 1905 ‘M. Field’ Borgia i. i. 3 The pearls and pearlets dropping With patters loud and soft together. 1994 Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) (Nexis) 29 Apr. 6 She wore..a turquoise belt laden with silver beads, sequins and pearlets that rattled when she shimmied. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1559 |
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