pearl
英 [pɜːl]
美[pɝl]
- n. 珍珠；珍珠色；杰出者；珍品
- adj. 镶珍珠的；珍珠状的
- vi. 采珍珠；成珍珠状
- vt. 使成珠状；用珍珠装饰；使呈珍珠色
词态变化
复数: pearls;
中文词源
pearl 珍珠
来自古法语perle,来自拉丁语perla,珍珠。
英英释意
- 1. a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel
- 2. a shade of white the color of bleached bones
- 3. a shape that is small and round;
- "he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops"
- "beads of sweat on his forehead"
英文词源
- pearl
- pearl: [14] Latin perna originally signified ‘leg’, and hence ‘ham’. It came to be applied metaphorically to a variety of sea-mussel whose stalk-like foot resembled a ham in shape. Such mussels could contain pearls, and so a diminutive form *pernula seems to have been coined in Vulgar Latin to designate ‘pearl’. This was later contracted to *perla, which passed into English via Old French perle.
- pearl (n.)
- mid-13c., from Old French perle (13c.) and directly from Medieval Latin perla (mid-13c.), of unknown origin. Perhaps from Vulgar Latin *pernula, diminutive of Latin perna, which in Sicily meant "pearl," earlier "sea-mussel," literally "ham, haunch, gammon," so called for the shape of the mollusk shells.
Other theories connect it with the root of pear, also somehow based on shape, or Latin pilula "globule," with dissimilation. The usual Latin word for "pearl" was margarita (see margarite).
For pearls before swine, see swine. Pearl Harbor translates Hawaiian Wai Momi, literally "pearl waters," so named for the pearl oysters found there; transferred sense of "effective sudden attack" is attested from 1942 (in reference to Dec. 7, 1941).
考试真题
- That' s how we found the pearl, actually.
2018年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section B
- Inside was a beautiful gold necklace with a large grey pearl.
2015年高考英语上海卷 语法填空 A 原文
- It was in the middle of Pearl City.
2019年高考英语全国卷3 语法填空 原文
- Winston Churchill once walked its corridors and Japanese emissaries met here with Secretary of State Cordell Hull after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
出自-2018年考研阅读原文
- winston Churchill once walked its corridors and Japanese emissaries met here with Secretary of State Cordell Hull after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
2018年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
词组搭配
pearls before swine
valuable things offered or given to people who do not appreciate them
明珠暗投，对牛弹琴，把贵重的东西送给不识货的人
实用场景例句
- a string of pearls
- 一挂珍珠
牛津词典
- a pearl necklace
- 珍珠项链
牛津词典
- She was wearing her pearls (= a necklace of pearls ) .
- 她戴着她的珍珠项链。
牛津词典
- pearl buttons
- 珍珠母纽扣
牛津词典
- pearls of dew on the grass
- 草上的露珠
牛津词典
- She is a pearl among women.
- 她是红颜俊杰。
牛津词典
- Thank you for those pearls of wisdom.
- 谢谢你的金玉良言。
牛津词典
- She wore a string of pearls at her throat...
- 她戴了一串珍珠项链。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I put on the pearl earrings Daddy had bought me.
- 我戴上了爸爸给我买的珍珠耳环。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...tiny pearl buttons.
- 珍珠般的小纽扣
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- And what is that pearl of wisdom supposed to mean?...
- 那番精辟见解到底是什么意思呢？
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- But after the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, America had no choice but to go to war.
- 但是在日本袭击珍珠港之后, 美国就再也没有选择余地,而只能走上战场.
期刊摘选
- Main ingredients: pearl powder, crystal active gold, ginseng extract, ganoderma extract etc.
- 主要成分: 天然珍珠粉 、 水晶活性金 、 人参提取液 、 灵芝提取液、金缕梅等.
期刊摘选
- [ Mike Narrating ] Worm and I fall into our old rhythm like Clyde Frazier and Pearl Monroe.
- [ 迈克叙述 ] 虫子和我配合得象以前一样默契我们两好象是克莱德.弗瑞泽和佩尔. 门罗.
电影对白
- You look graceful with this pearl necklace.
- 您戴珍珠项链看起来很高雅.
期刊摘选
- Formula: tomato half, the amount of honey, pearl powder appropriate.
- 配方: 蕃茄半个 、 蜂蜜适量 、 珍珠粉适量.
期刊摘选
- You should dive into the sea to find a pearl.
- 欲寻珍珠就要潜入水中.
期刊摘选
- " Hester,'said he, " come hither! Come, my little Pearl! "
- “ 海丝特, ” 他说, “ 过来呀! 来, 我的小珠儿! ”
期刊摘选
- Hopefully, some day, my words can be bright and precise as pearl as well.
- 希望某天, 我的文字也可以滴水成珠.
期刊摘选
- The attack on Pearl Harbor aroused the whole country.
- 对珍珠港的突袭激励了全国人民.
辞典例句
- The regularity is significant for explaining colouration of pearl , appraising the colour and identification pearls.
- 这对珍珠的颜色成因解释 、 评价和鉴定均有意义.
期刊摘选
- Examines the Xianghu Lake Historical Evidence to Remold Xianghu lake " Pearl "
- 考究湘湖史实重塑湘湖 “ 明珠 ”
期刊摘选
- An enormously powerful fleet was concentrated at Pearl Harbour.
- 一支极其强大的舰队集结在珍珠港.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The pearl is efficacious in protecting human face from infringement freckle or speckle.
- 有护肤、美容、消除面部黑点、黑斑、暗疮、黑块等功效.
期刊摘选
- 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 ”.
《简明英汉词典》
- He bought his girlfriend a pearl necklace.
- 他给他女朋友买了一条珍珠项链.
《简明英汉词典》