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

单词

pearl

释义

a hard round lustrous mass, usu milky-white in colour, formed in the shell of some molluscs, esp oysters, and used as a gem

an artificial imitation of this

= mother-of-pearl

somebody or something very rare or precious

a slightly bluish grey or white colour

pearl adj

[Middle English via French perle from Latin pernula, dimin. of perna haunch, sea mussel]

to set or adorn (something) with or as if with pearls

verb intrans

literary to form drops or beads like pearls

to fish or search for pearls

Brit = picot

[alteration of purl¹]

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