bead

• n. 珠子；滴；念珠
• vi. 形成珠状，起泡
• vt. 用珠装饰；使成串珠状

词源同bid, 要求，祈祷，原指祈祷用的念珠。

1. a small ball with a hole through the middle

2. a shape that is small and round;

"he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops"

"beads of sweat on his forehead"

3. a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture

bead

bead: [13] The word bead originally meant ‘prayer’. It comes ultimately from Germanic *beth-, source also of English bid. This passed into Old English as gebed, which by the 13th century had lost its prefix to become bede. (German has the parallel gebet ‘prayer’.) The modern sense ‘small pierced decorative ball’ developed in the 14th century, from the use of a string of rosary beads for counting while saying one’s prayers.
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bead (n.)

mid-14c., bede "prayer bead," from Old English gebed "prayer," with intensive or collective prefix *ge- + Proto-Germanic *bidam "entreaty" (cognates: Middle Dutch bede, Old High German beta, German bitte, Gothic bida "prayer, request"), from PIE *gwhedh- "to ask, pray."

Shift in meaning came via beads threaded on a string to count prayers, and in phrases like to bid one's beads, to count one's beads. German cognate Bitte is the usual word for conversational request "please." Also related to bid (Old English biddan) and Gothic bidjan "to ask, pray." Sense transferred to "drop of liquid" 1590s; to "small knob forming front sight of a gun" 1831 (Kentucky slang); hence draw a bead on "take aim at," 1841, U.S. colloquial.

bead (v.)

1570s, "to adorn with beads," from bead (n.). Meaning "to string like beads" is from 1883. Related: Beaded; beading.

a necklace of wooden beads

一条木珠项链

牛津词典

A bead curtain separated the two rooms.

一挂珠帘子把两个房间分开。

牛津词典

There were beads of sweat on his forehead.

他的脑门上挂满汗珠。

牛津词典

...a string of beads.

一串珠子

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...a multicoloured bead necklace.

一串彩珠项链

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...beads of blood...

血滴

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He wiped away the beads of sweat on his forehead.

他擦去了额头上的汗珠。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Weld a contiguous bead around the entire circumference of the axle mount.

焊缝的一个连续的整个圆周珠山周围.

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We believe: Benson hardware allow each partner to have its own products like bead - power, unlimited success!

我们相信: 明顺五金会让每一位合作伙伴拥有其产品犹如珠玉在握, 成就无限!

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Emergency treatment! Which hospital is the comparison that to chronic bead monocyte sex leukaemia treats good?

急救! 哪个医院对慢性粒单核细胞性白血病治疗的比较好?

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Usually, there were colored brims or bead string patterns on both the upper and the vamp.

一般鞋帮、鞋面都镶彩边或串珠图案.

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The equivalent draw bead model is a key factor that affects the precision of springback prediction.

等效拉延筋模型是影响回弹预测结果的一个重要因素.

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The breed with seed bead different color, its use value to differ.

籽粒颜色不同的品种, 其利用价值不同.

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The drawing must be added with positions of plates and bolts for fixation of bead ring.

必须在图纸上标明固定钢丝圈的垫片(不知道是不是垫片,还是个什么板)和螺栓的位置.

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It looks elegant. How much does this jade bead necklace cost?

看上去很雅致, 那这串翡翠珠项链多少钱?

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Improving the application of draw bead by feasibility analysis.

本文引入产品可行性分析对拉延筋的应用进行改进.

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He carefully drew a bead on the rogue elephant and shot it dead.

他用枪仔细瞄准一头凶猛而离群的野象,开枪把它打死了.

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Glass bead gels need not be hydrated prior to use.

玻璃珠凝胶在使用之前不需要水化.

辞典例句

Whenever a politician makes a mistake, his opponents are ready to draw a bead on him.

一个政治家一旦有什么过失, 他的对手就会随时攻击他.

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Bead trigonometry area basically is how to come true agrotechnical span problem.

珠三角地区主要是如何实现农业技术跨越问题.

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The bright blood was a red bead on his fingertip, a single crimson pearl.

指尖上鲜亮的的血,象一个红色的珠子, 一个深红色的珍珠.

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The rascal is always giving the old man a stone for bead.

这流氓老是假意帮助这个老人,其实是在愚弄他.

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In fact, the seal makes some mistake while playing, and drops the bead to the water.

噢,原来这海豹戏珠时,出现失误, 不小心把珠子掉到水里了.

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She accidentally swallowed a glass bead.

她不小心吞下了一颗玻璃珠.

《简明英汉词典》

Pollen bead namely from craze antheral in release.

花粉粒即从开裂的花药中释放出来.

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The bead is put on the forehead of the dead shepherd ahead of the herd.

珠子被戴在畜群前面的死牧羊人的前额上。

辞典例句

Her bead necklaces and bracelets jangled as she walked.

她的珠子项链和手镯在她走动时叮当作响。

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