| 单词 | pearl bead | 
| 释义 | > as lemmaspearl bead  (a)   ‘Made or consisting of pearl or pearls, adorned with a pearl or pearls’, as  pearl bead,  pearl earring,  pearl sword, etc. ΚΠ 1541    in  J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. 		(1907)	 VII. 423  				Perle bedis. c1610    Lady Compton in  Antiq. Rep. 		(1808)	 III. 438  				I would have..6000l. for a Pearl Chain... I am so reasonable. 1642    T. Fuller Holy State  iii. xx. 205  				Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl-chain of all virtues. 1732    J. Powis Compleat & Genuine Acct. Life & Actions Joseph Powis 40  				A pair of Ear-Rings, being three Pearl Studs, and a Drop like a Pear, set in Gold. a1788    Will of Duchess Kingston in  Authentic Detail Particulars Relative to Late Duchess Kingston 		(1788)	 152  				I direct and request the said Sir George Shuckburgh..to offer and lay at the feet of her Imperial Majesty my pair of pearl earrings. 1800    L. Anquetil Summary Universal Hist. V. 403  				Taking off his pearl collar, he put it on the rajah's neck. a1821    J. Keats Mod. Love in  R. M. Milnes Life, Lett. & Literary Remains Keats 		(1848)	 I. 283  				Miss's comb is made a pearl tiara. 1873    A. Trollope Eustace Diamonds I. xxv. 332  				She was allowed a diamond and a pearl chain to that value. 1896    Westm. Gaz. 4 Jan. 3/2  				The City of London..contributing..the famous pearl-sword with its splendid scabbard which Queen Elizabeth presented to the Corporation. 1911    ‘M. Field’ Accuser  i. ii. 179  				He slowly decks Zarah with pearl-ropes and with earrings. 1944    Speculum 19 197  				The Virgin is portrayed with a pearl wreath on her head. 1991    Poetics Today 12 474  				Another lady had had her pearl-string torn and restrung, minus one pearl, in the same secluded village. < as lemmas  | 
	
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