pearl 音标拼音: [p'ɚl]
n . 珍珠,杰出者,珍贵之物
vt . 用珍珠镶,使成珠状
vi . 成珠子状,采珍珠
珍珠,杰出者,珍贵之物用珍珠镶,使成珠状成珠子状,采珍珠
pearl n 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 [
synonym : {
bone },
{
ivory }, {
pearl }, {
off -
white }]
3 :
a shape that is spherical and small ; "
he studied the shapes of low -
viscosity drops "; "
beads of sweat on his forehead "
[
synonym : {
drop }, {
bead }, {
pearl }]
v 1 :
gather pearls ,
from oysters in the ocean Pearl \
Pearl \ (
p [~
e ]
rl ),
n .
A fringe or border . [
Obs .] --
v .
t .
To fringe ;
to border .
[
Obs .]
See {
Purl }.
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Pearl stitch }.
See {
Purl stitch },
under {
Purl }.
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1913 Webster ]
Pearl \
Pearl \,
n . [
OE .
perle ,
F .
perle ,
LL .
perla ,
perula ,
probably fr . (
assumed )
L .
pirulo ,
dim .
of L .
pirum a pear .
See {
Pear },
and cf . {
Purl }
to mantle .]
1 . (
Zool .)
A shelly concretion ,
usually rounded ,
and having a brilliant luster ,
with varying tints ,
found in the mantle ,
or between the mantle and shell ,
of certain bivalve mollusks ,
especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels ,
and sometimes in certain univalves .
It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle .
Its substance is the same as nacre ,
or mother -
of -
pearl .
Note :
Pearls which are round ,
or nearly round ,
and of fine luster ,
are highly esteemed as jewels ,
and at one time compared in value with the precious stones .
Since development of cultured pearls ,
the relative value has diminished somewhat ,
though the best pearls are still expensive ,
and natural pearls even more so .
Artificial pearls may be made of various materials ,
including material similar to that of natural pearls ;
these are less expensive than natural or cultured pearls .
See {
cultured pearl },
below .
[
1913 Webster PJC ]
2 .
Hence ,
figuratively ,
something resembling a pearl ;
something very precious .
[
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I see thee compassed with thy kingdom '
s pearl .
--
Shak .
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And those pearls of dew she wears . --
Milton .
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3 .
Nacre ,
or mother -
of -
pearl .
[
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4 . (
Zool .)
A fish allied to the turbot ;
the brill .
[
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5 . (
Zool .)
A light -
colored tern .
[
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6 . (
Zool .)
One of the circle of tubercles which form the bur on a deer '
s antler .
[
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7 .
A whitish speck or film on the eye . [
Obs .] --
Milton .
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8 .
A capsule of gelatin or similar substance containing some liquid for medicinal application ,
as ether .
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9 . (
Print .)
A size of type ,
between agate and diamond .
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{
Ground pearl }. (
Zool .)
See under {
Ground }.
{
Pearl barley },
kernels of barley ,
ground so as to form small ,
round grains .
{
Pearl diver },
one who dives for pearl oysters .
{
Pearl edge },
an edge of small loops on the side of some kinds of ribbon ;
also ,
a narrow kind of thread edging to be sewed on lace .
{
Pearl eye },
cataract . [
R .]
{
Pearl gray },
a very pale and delicate blue -
gray color .
{
Pearl millet },
Egyptian millet ({
Penicillaria spicata }).
{
Pearl moss }.
See {
Carrageen }.
{
Pearl moth } (
Zool .),
any moth of the genus {
Margaritia }; --
so called on account of its pearly color .
{
Pearl oyster } (
Zool .),
any one of several species of large tropical marine bivalve mollusks of the genus {
Meleagrina },
or {
Margaritifera },
found in the East Indies (
especially at Ceylon ),
in the Persian Gulf ,
on the coast of Australia ,
and on the Pacific coast of America .
Called also {
pearl shell },
and {
pearl mussel }.
{
Pearl powder }.
See {
Pearl white },
below .
{
Pearl sago },
sago in the form of small pearly grains .
{
Pearl sinter } (
Min .),
fiorite .
{
Pearl spar } (
Min .),
a crystallized variety of dolomite ,
having a pearly luster .
{
Pearl white }.
(
a )
Basic bismuth nitrate ,
or bismuth subchloride ; --
used chiefly as a cosmetic .
(
b )
A variety of white lead blued with indigo or Berlin blue .
{
cultured pearl },
a pearl grown by a pearl oyster into which a round pellet has been placed ,
to serve as the seed for more predictable growth of the pearl .
The pellet is usually made from mother -
of -
pearl ,
and additional layers of nacre are deposited onto the seed by the oyster .
Such pearls ,
being more easily obtained than natural pearls from wild oysters ,
are less expensive .
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1913 Webster ]
Pearl \
Pearl \ (
p [~
e ]
rl ),
a .
Of or pertaining to pearl or pearls ;
made of pearls ,
or of mother -
of -
pearl .
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1913 Webster ]
Pearl \
Pearl \,
v .
t .
1 .
To set or adorn with pearls ,
or with mother -
of -
pearl .
Used also figuratively .
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2 .
To cause to resemble pearls ;
to make into small round grains ;
as ,
to pearl barley .
[
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Pearl \
Pearl \,
v .
i .
1 .
To resemble pearl or pearls .
[
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2 .
To dive or hunt for pearls ;
as ,
to go pearling .
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Brill \
Brill \,
n . [
Cf .
Corn .
brilli mackerel ,
fr .
brith streaked ,
speckled .] (
Zool .)
A fish allied to the turbot ({
Rhombus levis }),
much esteemed in England for food ; --
called also {
bret }, {
pearl }, {
prill }.
See {
Bret }.
[
1913 Webster ]
134 Moby Thesaurus words for "
pearl ":
Quaker -
colored ,
acceptable person ,
acier ,
alabaster ,
alabastrine ,
albescent ,
ashen ,
ashy ,
bead ,
boast ,
canescent ,
capital fellow ,
catch ,
chalk ,
cinereous ,
cinerous ,
cream ,
creamy ,
dapple ,
dapple -
gray ,
dappled ,
dappled -
gray ,
dewdrop ,
diamond ,
dingy ,
dismal ,
dove -
colored ,
dove -
gray ,
dreary ,
driven snow ,
drop ,
droplet ,
dull ,
dun -
white ,
dusty ,
eggshell ,
fair ,
find ,
fleece ,
flour ,
flower ,
foam ,
gem ,
gentleman ,
glaucescent ,
glaucous ,
godsend ,
good fellow ,
good lot ,
good man ,
good person ,
good sort ,
good thing ,
good woman ,
gray ,
gray -
black ,
gray -
brown ,
gray -
colored ,
gray -
drab ,
gray -
green ,
gray -
spotted ,
gray -
toned ,
gray -
white ,
grayed ,
grayish ,
griseous ,
grizzle ,
grizzled ,
grizzly ,
honest man ,
iron -
gray ,
ivory ,
ivory -
white ,
jewel ,
lady ,
lead -
gray ,
leaden ,
light ,
lily ,
lint -
white ,
livid ,
maggot ,
mensch ,
milk ,
mouse -
colored ,
mouse -
gray ,
mousy ,
nonpareil ,
off -
white ,
pale ,
paper ,
pearl -
gray ,
pearly ,
pearly -
white ,
perfect gentleman ,
perfect lady ,
persona grata ,
plum ,
pride ,
pride and joy ,
prince ,
prize ,
raindrop ,
real man ,
right sort ,
rough diamond ,
sad ,
sheet ,
silver ,
silver -
gray ,
silvered ,
silvery ,
slate -
colored ,
slaty ,
smoke -
gray ,
smoky ,
snow ,
sober ,
somber ,
steel -
gray ,
steely ,
stone -
colored ,
swan ,
taupe ,
teardrop ,
treasure ,
trophy ,
trouvaille ,
whitish ,
whity ,
windfall ,
winner ,
wonder ,
worthy 1 .
A language for {constructive
mathematics } developed by Constable at {Cornell University } in
the 1980s .
2 . {Process and Experiment Automation
Real -Time Language }.
3 . One of five pedagogical languages
based on {Markov } {algorithms }, used in "Nonpareil , a Machine
Level Machine Independent Language for the Study of
Semantics ", B . Higman , ULICS Intl Report No ICSI 170 , U London
(1968 ). Compare {Brilliant }, {Diamond }, {Nonpareil }, {Ruby }.
4 . A multilevel language developed by Brian Randell
ca 1970 and mentioned in "Machine Oriented Higher Level
Languages ", W . van der Poel , N -H 1974 .
5 . An obsolete term for {Larry
Wall }'s {PERL } programming language , which never fell into
common usage other than in typographical errors . The missing
'a ' remains as an atrophied remnant in the expansion
"Practical Extraction and Report Language ".
["Programming Perl ", Larry Wall and Randal L . Schwartz ,
O 'Reilly & Associates, Inc. Sebastopol, CA. ISBN
0-93715-64-1].
(2000-08-16)
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