| 单词 | bead |
| 释义 | bead (once / 495 pages) nv A bead is a small bauble or jewel with a hole through its middle for stringing on a necklace or bracelet. You can make your own jewelry by stringing colorful beads on a long cord. Beads are decorative balls made from stone, glass, or plastic. Rosary beads — or other prayer beads — are used for praying or meditating, and in some societies beads are the equivalent of money, used as currency to buy things. You can also describe a round drop of liquid as a bead, like a bead of sweat on your forehead. The earliest meaning of bead is "prayer bead," from the Old English gebed, "prayer." WORD FAMILYbead: beaded, beading, beadlike, beads, beady+/beading: beadings/beady: beadier, beadily USAGE EXAMPLESFrom the new movie “Live By Night,” a Deco-style beaded flapper dress is all sparkle. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) Our eyes will be beads of dried-up jerky by then, but at least there’s sweet relief on the horizon. Salon(Dec 22, 2016) The part you need is called a glazing bead. Washington Post(Dec 16, 2016) 1n a small ball with a hole through the middle Hypo|Hyper bugle a tubular glass or plastic bead sewn onto clothing for decoration jewellery, jewelry an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems) 2n a shape that is spherical and small beads of sweat on his forehead Syn|Hypo|Hyper drop, pearl dewdrop a drop of dew teardropanything shaped like a falling drop (as a pendant gem on an earring) sphere a solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the space it encloses) 3n a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture Syn|Hypo|Hyper astragal, beading, beadwork bead and quirk, quirk bead beading formed with a narrow groove separating it from the surface it decorates molding, moulding a decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing 4v string together like beads Hyper draw, string, thread thread on or as if on a string 5v decorate by sewing beads onto bead the wedding gown Hyper adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. 6v form into beads, as of water or sweat, for example Hyper form assume a form or shape |
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