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单词 mikimoto pearl
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Mikimoto pearln.

Brit. /ˌmɪkɪˌməʊtəʊ ˈpəːl/, U.S. /ˈˌmɪkiˌmoʊdoʊ ˈpərl/
Origin: From a proper name; modelled on a Japanese lexical item. Etymon: proper name Mikimoto.
Etymology: < the name of Kōkichi Mikimoto (1858–1954), Japanese pearl farmer who, between 1890 and 1913, developed a method of producing spherical cultured pearls + pearl n.1, originally in the names of companies involved in this work (compare quot. 1914), after Japanese Mikimoto shinju. Compare Japanese Mikimoto pāru, in later use ( < English Mikimoto pearl).
A proprietary name for: a pearl cultured by means of a technique developed by Mikimoto.
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Mikimoto pearl1955
1914 T. P. Terry Terry's Japanese Empire p. cxix Culture Pearls. The cultivation on a scientific basis of fine pearls..is carried on in a unique way in the Bay of Ago..by Mr. S. Mikimoto, the owner of the Mikimoto Pearl Culture Farm, and the process is unusually interesting... The pearls are sorted and mounted at the fine Mikimoto Pearl Store..at Tōkyō.
c1925 Rep. Study Mikimoto Culture Pearl (Imperial Assoc. for Encouragement of Inventions, Japan) Table of Contents 1. Historical review of the Mikimoto Culture Pearl Industry.]
1955 R. Eunson Pearl King ii. 22 At Toba Bay, Mikimoto pearls are harvested by the crop and sacked up like wheat.
1959 R. Kirkbride Tamiko iii. 20 Diamonds and great clusters of Mikimoto pearls gleamed in the candle-light.
1969 J. Bennett Dragon i. 6 A string of good cultured Mikimoto pearls around her neck.
1996 Town & Country Monthly 1 Dec. 168 Recent elements:..Paulina Porlzkova, draped casually in Mikimoto pearls in the Japanese company's recent and mightily praised advertising campaign.
2003 Daily Yomiuri 27 Sept. 13/2 The Pearl Museum offers..demonstrations on how pearls are seeded and how each strand of Mikimoto pearls is made.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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