| 单词 | bead |
| 释义 | bead (biːd ) Word forms: beads 1. countable noun [usually plural] Beads are small pieces of coloured glass, wood, or plastic with a hole through the middle. Beads are often put together on a piece of string or wire to make jewellery. ...a string of beads. ...a multicoloured bead necklace. 2. countable noun A bead of liquid or moisture is a small drop of it. ...beads of blood. [+ of] He wiped away the beads of sweat on his forehead. [+ of] Synonyms: drop, tear, bubble, pearl Idioms: draw a bead on something [mainly US] to aim your weapon at someone or something There was only one spot where the light through the trees would have enabled him to draw a bead on his target. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: bead of perspiration All around me, the locals glide around in their finery, not a bead of perspiration to be seen. Times, Sunday Times No matter how high the temperature or how important and tense the occasion, not a bead of perspiration appears on his brow. The Sun On and on he went, neither ruffled nor hurried and with not a bead of perspiration visible on his bald head whenever he removed his helmet. Times, Sunday Times And she seems to go from one frenetic dance number to the next without shedding even a single bead of perspiration. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Beads of perspiration trickle down faces in broody close-up. Times, Sunday Times The clues are in the twitch of an eyebrow, a sly glance across a room, a bead of sweat falling. Times, Sunday Times They are all waving to people in the crowd and not one of them has a bead of sweat on their shirts. Times, Sunday Times I feel a small bead of sweat drip down my face. Times, Sunday Times It didn't try to eke out every second of pain and bead of sweat. Times, Sunday Times Perhaps a bead of sweat from a fevered brow. Houston Chronicle Specialists spent five years restoring 20,000 crystal beads on the theatre's giant central chandelier. Times, Sunday Times The casket had many precious elements like gold, silver, crystal beads. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Lead crystal beads have a high percentage of lead oxide in the glass formula, increasing the refractive index. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But it was a clear glass bead on the bow of the left shoe that, for her, confirmed her initial reaction. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Reagents are automatically pipetted into the samples (blood or cultured cells); the samples are then mixed, incubated, and combined with a magnetic glass bead solution. The Scientist Among the performances, a glass bead representing the city and created by local artists will be unveiled. Times, Sunday Times The solar panels, which can also be glued onto cycle paths and car parks, are coated in a glass bead resin to give vehicles grip and prevent skidding. Times, Sunday Times Glass bead blast medium contains glass beads of various sizes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The chilling final scene will have you reaching for the rosary beads for comfort. The Sun They tried then, he said, to recover items, which also included a video tape, video monitor, rosary beads and photographs, but gave up. Times, Sunday Times Crucifixes, rosary beads, and devotional medals have all emerged from the fort's remains. Christianity Today In a third, he hangs rosary beads off critical cockpit controls. The Sun She was even told off by a nurse for dropping her rosary beads. Times, Sunday Times Both ends had a clip similar to a safety pin that was attached to the string of beads. Times, Sunday Times The chic geek now sports trendy hair and a string of beads. The Sun He takes out a string of beads. Times, Sunday Times The oak leaves, which have generally been the last to appear, still keep their rich olive gleam, with the young catkins dangling like a delicate string of beads beside them. Times, Sunday Times The antennae are generally moniliform in structure, thus having an appearance similar to a string of beads. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 And the third in line to the throne wasted no time in showing who was boss - easing youngsters out of the way to reach a wooden bead toy. The Sun Closer still and you can hear the strings of wooden beads around his neck clicking and clacking. Times,Sunday Times You could try shells in the bathroom or wooden beads in the bedroom. Times, Sunday Times The costume was completed by a string of brown wooden beads and a flat sailor hat. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It consists of a white string of approximately 10 feet in length with three small wooden beads of different colors. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 珠子 Japanese: ビーズ |
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