pearl

英 [pɜːl]

美 [pɜːrl]

n. 珍珠; 人造珍珠; (形状或颜色)像珍珠之物

复数：pearls　现在分词：pearling　过去式：pearled　第三人称单数：pearls　过去分词：pearled　

Collins.2 / BNC.6574 / COCA.45772

习惯用语

cast, throw, etc. pearls before swine

明珠暗投；对牛弹琴
to give or offer valuable things to people who do not understand their value

a pearl of wisdom

noun

珍珠
a small hard shiny white ball that forms inside the shell of an oyster and is of great value as a jewel
1. a string of pearls
  一挂珍珠
2. a pearl necklace
  珍珠项链
3. She was wearing her pearls (= a necklace of pearls ) .
  她戴着她的珍珠项链。
人造珍珠
a copy of a pearl that is made artificially
1. pearl buttons
  珍珠母纽扣
人造珍珠
a copy of a pearl that is made artificially
1. pearl buttons
  珍珠母纽扣
（形状或颜色）像珍珠之物
a thing that looks like a pearl in shape or colour
1. pearls of dew on the grass
  草上的露珠
极有价值的东西
a thing that is very highly valued
1. She is a pearl among women.
  她是红颜俊杰。

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。

noun

a shade of white the color of bleached bones
Synonym:boneivoryoff-white
a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster
a shape that is spherical and small
1. he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops
2. beads of sweat on his forehead
Synonym:dropbead

verb

There was something about Pearl that mesmerised her.
珀尔身上有什么东西吸引住了她。
When I first visited the Pearl River Delta in1980 there was little industrial development.
在我1980年第一次访问珠江三角洲时，那里几乎还没有什么工业。
The pearl and pebble necklaces are a peculiarity of the peninsula.
珍珠和卵石项链是半岛的一个特色。
And it's very cold here! Finally we get to the Pearl Sea.
终于！绕了很大一圈后，我们终于到达了珍珠海。
The relationship between the luster and the surface structure of pearl are discussed.
分析了珍珠的光泽与其表面结构的关系。
The special geographic location of the Pearl River levee passing through Guangzhou city and its present situation are described;
介绍了珠江堤防特殊的地理位置和现状；
If I am killed you are to have my pearl bead ring.
黛安娜，我要是死了，我的珍珠戒指就归你了。
We have just get in a new batch of pearl necklace.
我们刚刚进了一批新的珍珠项链。
And what is that pearl of wisdom supposed to mean?
那番精辟见解到底是什么意思呢？
There were sugar sands and islands of fern and pearl, palm jungles and stretches of a never-ending sea.
有蕨类和珍珠、棕榈林和无尽伸展着的海的甜蜜沙滩和岛屿。