；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.
She wore a string of pearls at her throat...
她戴了一串珍珠项链。
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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[ADJ 形容词]珍珠般的Pearl is used to describe something which looks like a pearl.
[usu ADJ n]
...tiny pearl buttons.
珍珠般的小纽扣
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[PHRASE 短语]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.
[V inflects]
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 短语]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.
[N inflects]
And what is that pearl of wisdom supposed to mean?...
那番精辟见解到底是什么意思呢？
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。
Oxford
pearl/pɜːl; NAmEpɜːrl/noun1[countable ]a small hard shiny white ball that forms inside the shell of an oysterand is of great value as a jewel珍珠◆a string of pearls一挂珍珠◆a pearl necklace珍珠项链◆She was wearing her pearls (= a necklaceof pearls). 她戴着她的珍珠项链。☞see also
seed pearl
2[countable ]a copy of a pearlthat is made artificially 人造珍珠3[uncountable ]=
mother-of-pearl
◆pearl buttons珍珠母钮扣4[countable , usually singular ]a thing that looks like a pearlin shape or colour （形状或颜色）像珍珠之物◆pearls of dew on the grass草上的露珠5[countable ]a thing that is very highly valued 极有价值的东西◆She is a pearl among women.她是女中人杰。IDIOMScast, throw, etc. pearls before ˈswineto give or offer valuable things to people who do not understand their value 明珠暗投；对牛弹琴a ˌpearl of ˈwisdom( usually ironic) a wise remark 睿智的语言；隽语；妙语如珠◆Thank you for those pearls of wisdom.谢谢你的金玉良言。pearlpearlspearledpearlingpearl/pɜːl; NAmEpɜːrl/
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pearlpearl /pɜːl $ pɜːrl/ ●●○ noun
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1jewel [countable] a small round white object that forms inside an oyster, and is a valuable jewel: a pearl necklace a string of pearls (=a necklace made of pearls)2hard substance [uncountable] a hard shiny substance of various colours formed inside some shellfish, which is used for making buttons or to make objects look attractiveSYN mother-of-pearl3pearls of wisdom wise remarks – used especially when you really think that someone’s remarks are slightly stupid: Thank you for those pearls of wisdom, Emma.4cast/throw pearls before swine formal to give something valuable to someone who does not understand its value5liquid [countable] literary a small round drop of liquid: the pearls of the morning dew6excellent thing/person [countable usually singular] old-fashioned someone or something that is especially good or valuablepearl among She’s a pearl among women.
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