pearls

英 [pɜːlz]

美 [pɜrlz]

n.  珍珠; 人造珍珠; (形状或颜色)像珍珠之物
pearl的复数

柯林斯词典

• See also:She wore a string of pearls at her throat...I put on the pearl earrings Daddy had bought me.mother-of-pearl
• ADJ 珍珠般的
  Pearlis used to describe something which looks like a pearl.
  1. ...tiny pearl buttons.
     珍珠般的小纽扣
• PHRASE 明珠暗投；对牛弹琴
  If you say that someoneis 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。
• 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 aspearls of wisdomto 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。

双语例句

• Pauline wore a silk dress with a strand of pearls.
  保利娜穿了件丝绸长裙，戴了串珍珠。
• She adorned herself with pearls.
  她佩戴珠宝。
• Pearls are not found in the earth.
  珍珠不长在地里。
• The notes rang out like a string of pearls.
  声如贯珠。
• I bought a beautiful rope of pearls.
  我买了一串很好看的“珠子”。
• The necklace consists of three strings of pearls.
  这条项链由三串珍珠组成。
• When I was in Japan, I bought some beautiful pearls.
  我在日本时，买了一些漂亮的珍珠。
• The local women use them to make necklaces together with pearls.
  当地的妇女用它们和珍珠一起来做项链。
• He bought her a bracelet beset with pearls.
  他给她买了一只镶嵌着珍珠的手镯。
• 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。