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pearl n.珍珠v.(用珍珠)装饰；呈珍珠状adj.珍珠般的 (1) 那颗珍珠在月光下闪闪发光。(2) 今天她戴了一条珍珠项链。(3) 那么这里一定有一些珍珠粉。(4) 江城明珠豪生大酒店江景豪华房，装饰风格高贵典雅细节之处更令人不胜惊喜，是您商务会友及观光旅游的理想首选。(5) 他额上满是汗珠。 Why is a pearl called a pearl? It isn't clear where the Medieval Latin word perla comes from. Some believe it refers to the shape of the shell in which pearls are found: either pear, like the shapely fruit, or perna, literally "ham," because the shell is shaped like a pig's leg.

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英 [pɜːl] 美 [pɜːrl] (1) The pearl sparkled in the moonlight.(2) She wears a pearl necklace today.(3) Then there must be some pearl powder in it.(4) The Riverview deluxe rooms of Pearl Haosheng Hotel with elegant decorative style are the best choice of you for business membership and sightseeing.(5) Sweat pearled his forehead. A pearl is a white, round gem formed inside an oyster or clam. Pearl can also refer to something that resembles the gem in color or shape, like a pearl of sweat that forms on your forehead when you're hot. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]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. 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。2[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3[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。4[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。

英语单词	pearl
英美音标	英 [pɜːl] 美 [pɜːrl]
中文释义	n.珍珠 v.(用珍珠)装饰；呈珍珠状 adj.珍珠般的
英语例句	(1) The pearl sparkled in the moonlight. (2) She wears a pearl necklace today. (3) Then there must be some pearl powder in it. (4) The Riverview deluxe rooms of Pearl Haosheng Hotel with elegant decorative style are the best choice of you for business membership and sightseeing. (5) Sweat pearled his forehead.
中文例句	(1) 那颗珍珠在月光下闪闪发光。 (2) 今天她戴了一条珍珠项链。 (3) 那么这里一定有一些珍珠粉。 (4) 江城明珠豪生大酒店江景豪华房，装饰风格高贵典雅细节之处更令人不胜惊喜，是您商务会友及观光旅游的理想首选。 (5) 他额上满是汗珠。
vocabulary简明	A pearl is a white, round gem formed inside an oyster or clam. Pearl can also refer to something that resembles the gem in color or shape, like a pearl of sweat that forms on your forehead when you're hot.
vocabulary扩展	Why is a pearl called a pearl? It isn't clear where the Medieval Latin word perla comes from. Some believe it refers to the shape of the shell in which pearls are found: either pear, like the shapely fruit, or perna, literally "ham," because the shell is shaped like a pig's leg.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]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. 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。 2 [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 3 [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。 4 [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。

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