pearl

noun

1. 珍珠
   a small hard shiny white ball that forms inside the shell of an oyster and is of great value as a jewel
   1. a string of pearls
      一挂珍珠
   2. a pearl necklace
      珍珠项链
   3. She was wearing her pearls (= a necklace of pearls ) .
      她戴着她的珍珠项链。
2. 人造珍珠
   a copy of a pearl that is made artificially
   1. pearl buttons
      珍珠母纽扣
3. 人造珍珠
   a copy of a pearl that is made artificially
   1. pearl buttons
      珍珠母纽扣
4. （形状或颜色）像珍珠之物
   a thing that looks like a pearl in shape or colour
   1. pearls of dew on the grass
      草上的露珠
5. 极有价值的东西
   a thing that is very highly valued
   1. She is a pearl among women.
      她是红颜俊杰。

1. See also: She wore a string of pearls at her throat... I put on the pearl earrings Daddy had bought me. mother-of-pearl
2. ADJ 珍珠般的
   Pearl is used to describe something which looks like a pearl.
   1. ...tiny pearl buttons.
      珍珠般的小纽扣
3. PHRASE 明珠暗投；对牛弹琴
   If you say that someone is casting pearls before swine, you mean that they are wasting their time by offering something that is helpful or valuable to someone who does not appreciate or understand it.
   1. You do not value what should be valued, I see I was casting pearls before swine.
      你不重视应该重视的东西，我觉得我是在对牛弹琴。
4. PHRASE 精辟见解，睿智言论，妙语如珠（常指开玩笑的话）
   People describe what someone says as pearls of wisdom to suggest that it is wise or helpful, often when they are joking.
   1. And what is that pearl of wisdom supposed to mean?...
      那番精辟见解到底是什么意思呢？
   2. Her advice includes perfectly true but rather fulsome pearls of wisdom.
      她的建议中有完全正确的金玉良言，但有过于恭维之嫌。

1. The readings you heard earlier were excerpted from a new oral history of Pearl Harbor.
   你之前听到的朗读片段节选自一部新的珍珠港口述史。
2. A British battleship, which had been damaged severely in the battle of Crete, came limping into Pearl Harbor.
   一艘在克里特岛战役中严重受损的英国战舰艰难缓慢地驶进珍珠港。
3. There was something about Pearl that mesmerised her.
   珀尔身上有什么东西吸引住了她。
4. She was wearing the obligatory sweater and pearl necklace.
   她穿着那件经常穿的毛衣，戴着那串惯常戴的珍珠项链。
5. She wore a string of pearls at her throat
   她戴了一串珍珠项链。
6. You do not value what should be valued, I see I was casting pearls before swine.
   你不重视应该重视的东西，我觉得我是在对牛弹琴。
7. And what is that pearl of wisdom supposed to mean?
   那番精辟见解到底是什么意思呢？
8. Her advice includes perfectly true but rather fulsome pearls of wisdom.
   她的建议中有完全正确的金玉良言，但有过于恭维之嫌。
9. On the table sat a box decorated with little pearl triangles.
   桌上有一只用珠子串成的小三角形作装饰的盒子。
10. An enormously powerful fleet was concentrated at Pearl Harbour.
    一支极其强大的舰队集结在珍珠港。
11. He bought his girlfriend a Pearl necklace.
    他给他女朋友买了一条珍珠项链。
12. She wears a pearl necklace today.
    今天她戴了一条珍珠项链。
13. A: Blue Girl, Tiger, and Pearl River.
    蓝妹、虎啤和珠江。
14. It is I, and my little Pearl.
    是我，还有我的小珠儿。
15. And I am thy little Pearl!
    而我也是你的小珠儿了！
16. The relationship between the luster and the surface structure of pearl are discussed.
    分析了珍珠的光泽与其表面结构的关系。
17. You and Pearl had no disagreement?
    你和珍珠没有争吵吧？
18. The pearl's words had touched his heart deeply.
    珍珠的话深深地打动了他的心。
19. If I am killed you are to have my pearl bead ring.
    黛安娜，我要是死了，我的珍珠戒指就归你了。
20. And it's very cold here! Finally we get to the Pearl Sea.
    终于！绕了很大一圈后，我们终于到达了珍珠海。
21. Development of environmental decision support system for tidal river networks and its application to the Pearl River Delta;
    对珠江三角洲潮汐河网水环境数学模型研究进行了系统的总结。
22. The pearl and pebble necklaces are a peculiarity of the peninsula.
    珍珠和卵石项链是半岛的一个特色。
23. I pretend you go to Oriental Pearl Tower and the Bund, where you can make revenue River scenery.
    我假意你去东方明珠和外滩，在那里你可以尽收浦江的景色。
24. We have just get in a new batch of pearl necklace.
    我们刚刚进了一批新的珍珠项链。
25. He said that he had bought the Pearl for his mother.
    他说他为他母亲买了那颗珍珠。
26. There were sugar sands and islands of fern and pearl, palm jungles and stretches of a never-ending sea.
    有蕨类和珍珠、棕榈林和无尽伸展着的海的甜蜜沙滩和岛屿。
27. From the Oriental Pearl TV Tower you can see the Bund.
    从东方明珠电视塔上你可以看到外滩。
28. When I first visited the Pearl River Delta in1980 there was little industrial development.
    在我1980年第一次访问珠江三角洲时，那里几乎还没有什么工业。
29. The special geographic location of the Pearl River levee passing through Guangzhou city and its present situation are described;
    介绍了珠江堤防特殊的地理位置和现状；
30. With Dead Sea Minerals and Pearl Powder.
    与死海矿物和珍珠粉。

n.

cast, throw, etc. pearls before swine

• 明珠暗投；对牛弹琴
  to give or offer valuable things to people who do not understand their value

a pearl of wisdom

• 睿智的语言；隽语；妙语如珠
  a wise remark
  1. Thank you for those pearls of wisdom.
     谢谢你的金玉良言。

noun

1. a shade of white the color of bleached bones

   Synonym:    boneivoryoff-white

2. a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster

3. a shape that is spherical and small
   1. he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops
   2. beads of sweat on his forehead

   Synonym:    dropbead

verb

1. gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean