| 释义 |
bead /bēd/ noun- A small ball strung with others in a rosary, for counting prayers
- A prayer (obsolete)
- A small ball or similar ornament pierced for stringing to form a necklace, etc
- A bead-like drop
- The front sight of a gun
- A narrow moulding orig of semicircular section, sometimes broken into bead-like parts, now in various shapes, used esp for edging, covering small gaps, etc
- The flange of a tyre
transitive verb To provide with beads or beading intransitive verb To form a bead or beads ORIGIN: OE gebed prayer; see bid2 beadˈed adjective - Having beads or a bead
- In bead-like form
beadˈing noun - Bead moulding
- Work in beads
beadˈy adjective - Bead-like, small and bright (as eyes)
- Covered with beads or bubbles
beadˈ-house noun - Orig a chapel
- An almshouse whose inmates were required to pray for the founder's soul
beadˈ-proof adjective Of such proof or strength as to carry beads or bubbles after shaking, as alcoholic liquors beadˈ-roll noun - Orig a list of the dead to be prayed for, hence a list of names, a long series
- A rosary
beadsˈman, bedesˈman or beadsˈwoman noun - A person bound or endowed to pray for others
- A licensed beggar (Scot)
beady eye noun Used to suggest distrustful attentiveness to another's behaviour (esp in the phrase keep a beady eye on) beadˈy-eyed adjective - With small round bright eyes
- Observant, sharp-eyed
draw a bead on (informal) To take aim at tell one's beads To say one's prayers |