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See also:
mother-of-pearl;
珍珠 A pearl is a hard round object which is shiny and creamy white in colour. Pearls grow inside the shell of an oyster and are used for making expensive jewellery.
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She wore a string of pearls at her throat...
她戴了一串珍珠项链。
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I put on the pearl earrings Daddy had bought me.
我戴上了爸爸给我买的珍珠耳环。
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...tiny pearl buttons.
珍珠般的小纽扣
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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.
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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。
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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.
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And what is that pearl of wisdom supposed to mean?...
那番精辟见解到底是什么意思呢？
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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。
- Noun
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1. a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel
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2. a shade of white the color of bleached bones
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3. a shape that is small and round;
- Verb
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1. gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean
医学
- 1.①真珠，珠：从各种软体动物得来的钙质凝结物，以往曾认为有治疗作用；②珠剂：小药物颗粒或一次性剂量之挥发性药物玻璃微球，如亚硝酸异戊酯；③圆形坚韧痰块，见于支气管性气喘发作早期
大气科学
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- 1.串珠状闪电
- 2.pearl-necklace lightning 闪电通道断裂成许多小段，呈形似一串珠状的闪电。
水产
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- 1.珍珠
- 2.某些贝类外套膜受异物刺激或病理变化，分泌珍珠质形成的一种有光泽的圆形固体颗粒。
- 1. Acclaimed as a "pearl in the desert",the city is thriving as never before.
- 这个城市空前地繁荣兴旺起来，被誉为“沙漠中的明珠”。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. An enormously powerful fleet was concentrated at Pearl Harbour.
- 一支极其强大的舰队集结在珍珠港。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 3. He bought his girlfriend a pearl necklace.
- 他给他女朋友买了一条珍珠项链。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. She is a pearl among women.
- 她是女中的英杰。
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 5. The attack on Pearl Harbor was a crushing calamity.
- 偷袭珍珠港（对美军来说）是一场毁灭性的灾难。
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 6. The crane and the mother-of-pearl fight to death.
- 鹬蚌相争。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 7. This is a real pearl, not an imitation.
- 这是真的珍珠，不是仿制品。
来自《简明英汉词典》
