单词 | bead |
释义 | Word Frequency bead(biːd) noun 1. a small usually spherical piece of glass, wood, plastic, etc, with a hole through it by means of which it may be strung with others to form a necklace, etc 2. a small drop of moisture a bead of sweat 3. a small bubble in or on a liquid 4. a small metallic knob acting as the sight of a firearm 5. draw a bead on 6. Also called: astragal architecture, carpentry a small convex moulding having a semicircular cross section 7. chemistry a small solid globule made by fusing a powdered sample with borax or a similar flux on a platinum wire. The colour of the globule serves as a test for the presence of certain metals (bead test) 8. metallurgy a deposit of welding metal on the surface of a metal workpiece, often used to examine the structure of the weld zone 9. Roman Catholic Church one of the beads of a rosary 10. count one's beads verb 11. (transitive) to decorate with beads 12. to form into beads or drops Derived forms beaded (ˈbeaded) adjective Word origin Old English bed prayer; related to Old High German gibet prayer |
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