| 单词 | job's-tears |
| 释义 | Job's-tears[ johbz-teerz ] / ˈdʒoʊbzˈtɪərz / noun(used with a plural verb) the hard, nearly spherical bracts that surround the female flowers of an Asian grass, Coix lacryma-jobi, and which when ripe are used as beads. (used with a singular verb) the grass itself. Origin of Job's-tearsFirst recorded in 1590–1600 Words nearby Job's-tearsjob-share, job sharing, job shop, Jobs, Steven, Job's syndrome, Job's-tears, jobsworth, job ticket, Joburg, job work, Jocasta Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for Job's-tearsJob's-tears noun(functioning as singular) a tropical Asian grass, Coix lacryma-jobi, cultivated for its white beadlike modified leaves, which contain edible seeds (functioning as plural) the beadlike structures of this plant, used as rosary or ornamental beads Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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