Bead
[biːd] or [bid]
解释:
(noun.) a small ball with a hole through the middle.
(verb.) string together like beads.
(verb.) decorate by sewing beads onto; 'bead the wedding gown'.
(verb.) form into beads, as of water or sweat, for example.
整理:塔尼娅--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A prayer.
(n.) A little perforated ball, to be strung on a thread, and worn for ornament; or used in a rosary for counting prayers, as by Roman Catholics and Mohammedans, whence the phrases to tell beads, to at one's beads, to bid beads, etc., meaning, to be at prayer.
(n.) Any small globular body
(n.) A bubble in spirits.
(n.) A drop of sweat or other liquid.
(n.) A small knob of metal on a firearm, used for taking aim (whence the expression to draw a bead, for, to take aim).
(n.) A small molding of rounded surface, the section being usually an arc of a circle. It may be continuous, or broken into short embossments.
(n.) A glassy drop of molten flux, as borax or microcosmic salt, used as a solvent and color test for several mineral earths and oxides, as of iron, manganese, etc., before the blowpipe; as, the borax bead; the iron bead, etc.
(v. t.) To ornament with beads or beading.
(v. i.) To form beadlike bubbles.
杰罗姆录入
解释:
n. a little ball pierced for stringing a series of which forms the rosary or paternoster used in counting the prayers recited: any small ball of glass amber &c. strung in a series to form a necklace: a bead-like drop: the small knob of metal forming the front-sight of a gun—whence the Americanism To draw a bead upon = to take aim at: (archit.) a narrow moulding with semicircular section.—v.t. to furnish with beads.—v.i. to form a bead or beads.—adj. Bead′ed furnished with beads.—ns. Bead′-house a house for poor people who were required to pray for the soul of the founder: an almshouse; Bead′ing a moulding in imitation of beads.—adj. Bead′-proof of such proof or strength as to carry beads or bubbles when shaken as alcoholic liquors.—ns. Bead′-roll in pre-Reformation times a roll or list of the dead to be prayed for hence a list of names a long series: a rosary; Beads′man Bedes′man one employed to pray for others or one endowed to do so: (Scot.) a public alms-man or licensed beggar:—fem. Beads′woman.—adj. Bead′y bead-like small and bright (of eyes): covered with beads or bubbles.—To say tell count one's beads to offer a prayer.
校对:托妮
娱乐性解释：
To dream of beads, foretells attention from those in elevated position will be shown you. To count beads, portends immaculate joy and contentment. To string them, you will obtain the favor of the rich. To scatter them, signifies loss of caste among your acquaintances.
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例句:
- Child thought it capital fun, went back next day, and swallowed another bead. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- I wish my favorite playmate Kitty Bryant to have the blue silk apron and my gold-bead ring with a kiss. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- I made it like those Beth invented, a big butterfly with a fat body, and black and yellow wings, worsted feelers, and bead eyes. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- Child being fond of toys, cribbed the necklace, hid it, played with it, cut the string, and swallowed a bead. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- The heart's blood must gem with red beads the brow of the combatant, before the wreath of victory rustles over it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- There were light boxes on shelves in the counting-house, and strings of mock beads hanging up. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Far down the lake were fantastic pale strings of colour, like beads of wan fire, green and red and yellow. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- I saw ripe bilberries gleaming here and there, like jet beads in the heath: I gathered a handful and ate them with the bread. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- In seeking these articles, I encountered the beads of a pearl necklace Mr. Rochester had forced me to accept a few days ago. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- Another little book or two were lying near, and a common basket of common fruit, and another basket full of strings of beads and tinsel scraps. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- The King hears the reverend man, with a companion of his solitude, telling his beads within, and meekly requests of him quarters for the night. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- On these rods the counters are beaded. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- Robert Jordan, stopping and looking back, saw the sweat beading on her forehead. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
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