| 单词 | beady |
| 释义 | beady (once / 9198 pages) adj Something that's beady is small and shiny, resembling a round bead. Your dog might stare at you with beady eyes whenever you eat peanut butter. Beady is almost always used to describe someone's eyes, especially if they're small, dark, and gleaming with some particular intent. A greedy person might appear to have beady eyes, and so might an intent listener in a college class. The word can also mean "decorated with beads," but this is much less common. At the heart of beady is bead, from bede, "prayer bead," by way of the Old English gebed, or "prayer." WORD FAMILYbeady: beadier, beadily+/bead: beaded, beading, beadlike, beads, beady/beading: beadings USAGE EXAMPLESShe had a sharp nose, beady, suspicious eyes, and a wild fountain of curly auburn hair. Carl Hiaasen, Hoot(2002) This black-and-white bird with beady red-brown eyes can become aggressive, dive bombing and pecking anything, especially humans, that it deems a threat to its chicks. New York Times(Sep 13, 2016) Beady T. rex eyeballs in shades of red, orange and yellow fill a cardboard box in the corner of her desk. Washington Times(Sep 12, 2016) 1adj small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button bright beady eyes Syn beadlike, buttonlike, buttony bright emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts 2adj covered with beads or jewels or sequins Syn gemmed, jeweled, jewelled, sequined, spangled, spangly adorned, decorated provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction |
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