| 单词 | pearling stream |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspearling stream 1. That forms pearls or pearl-like drops. Frequently in pearling stream. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of dripping or falling in drops > [adjective] > forming pearl-like drops pearling1595 1595 E. Spenser Epithalamion in Amoretti & Epithalamion ix. sig. G8 Her long loose yellow locks lyke golden wyre, Sprinckled with perle, and perling flowres a tweene. 1598 F. Rous Thule ii. sig. S 4 Downe his cheekes doth raine a pearling streame. 1640 W. Lithgow Gushing Teares of Godly Sorrow sig. B Rain-rill my plaints, then bath them in Christs blood Let pearling drops, my pale remorse disclose. 1872 Overland Monthly Feb. 122/2 The pearling tears in her uplifted eyes fell upon the heart of Father Gregory as burning naphtha drops. a1887 E. R. Sill Poet. Wks. (1906) 154 Crests that touch and tilt each other, Jostling as they comb; Delicate crash of tinkling water, Broken in pearling foam. 1916 in R. Palmer Gray & B. Rogers Songs & Ballads of Maine Lumberjacks (1924) 26 Gently [they] laid him on the ground Beneath a shady tree that grew Near by the pearling stream. 1999 Spectator (Hamilton, Ont.) (Nexis) 26 Jan. d.10 As always he made every pearling stream a grand, rolling Volga River. < as lemmas |
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