bead

noun

/biːd/

Idioms

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[countable] a small piece of glass, wood, etc., with a hole through it, that can be put on a string with others of the same type and worn as jewellery, etc.
- a necklace of wooden beads
- A bead curtain separated the two rooms.
see also worry beads
Extra Examples
- A strand of coral beads hung round her neck.
- She threaded the beads carefully.
- He wore a string of wooden beads.
Topics Clothes and Fashionc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- amber
- glass
- wooden
- …
… of beads
- strand
- string
verb + bead
- wear
- string
- thread
- …
bead + verb
- hang
bead + noun
- bracelet
- necklace
- curtain
- …
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beads
[plural] a rosary
- In one of the pews a woman was fingering her beads.
[countable] a small drop of liquid
- There were beads of sweat on his forehead.
- Little beads of blood seeped out from a cut on her cheek.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
phrases
- a bead of moisture, perspiration, sweat, etc.
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Word OriginOld English gebed ‘prayer’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bede and German Gebet, also to bid. Current senses derive from the use of a rosary, each bead representing a prayer.

Idioms

draw/get a bead on somebody/something

(especially North American English) to aim carefully at somebody/something before shooting a gun
- One of the police officers drew a bead on the gunman and fired.

单词	bead
释义	bead noun /biːd/ /biːd/ Idioms jump to other results enlarge image [countable] a small piece of glass, wood, etc., with a hole through it, that can be put on a string with others of the same type and worn as jewellery, etc. a necklace of wooden beads A bead curtain separated the two rooms. see also worry beads Extra Examples A strand of coral beads hung round her neck. She threaded the beads carefully. He wore a string of wooden beads. Topics Clothes and Fashionc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective amber glass wooden … … of beads strand string verb + bead wear string thread … bead + verb hang bead + noun bracelet necklace curtain … See full entry beads [plural] a rosary In one of the pews a woman was fingering her beads. [countable] a small drop of liquid There were beads of sweat on his forehead. Little beads of blood seeped out from a cut on her cheek. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryphrases a bead of moisture, perspiration, sweat, etc. See full entry Word OriginOld English gebed ‘prayer’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bede and German Gebet, also to bid. Current senses derive from the use of a rosary, each bead representing a prayer. Idioms draw/get a bead on somebody/something (especially North American English) to aim carefully at somebody/something before shooting a gun One of the police officers drew a bead on the gunman and fired.
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