| 单词 | mother-of-pearl |
| 释义 | mother-of-pearl (once / 8124 pages) n Mother-of-pearl is a glowing, pearlescent material that's used to make jewelry and ornaments. Mother-of-pearl comes from the inside of oyster and abalone shells. The iridescent mother-of-pearl that comes from shell linings also covers the outsides of pearls — and while all shells have a version of this material inside them, only in certain cases is it so strikingly beautiful. The scientific word for this substance is nacre. The name mother-of-pearl probably comes from a nearly obsolete meaning of mother, "scrum, dregs or leftover filth." WORD FAMILYmother-of-pearl USAGE EXAMPLESIn my hotel room, I found a beautiful set of handmade, classic Syrian furniture, a style called mosaic, wood inlaid with mother-of-pearl. New York Times(Nov 08, 2016) “Not goulash?” she would say with a gimlet eye, glaring at me over her mother-of-pearl glasses. Wall Street Journal(Sep 28, 2016) He wore a new Stetson hat with a flat crown, a tan Norfolk jacket with a belt buckle of mother-of-pearl. John Steinbeck, East of Eden(1952) n the iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell Syn|Hyper nacre shell the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals |
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