| 单词 | bead |
| 释义 | bead n. & v. --n 1. a a small usu. rounded and perforated piece of glass, stone, etc., for threading with others to make jewellery, or sewing on to fabric, etc. b (in pl.) a string of beads; a rosary. 2. a drop of liquid; a bubble. 3. a small knob in the foresight of a gun. 4. the inner edge of a pneumatic tyre that grips the rim of the wheel. 5. Archit. a a moulding like a series of beads. b a narrow moulding with a semicircular cross-section. --v 1. tr. furnish or decorate with beads. 2. tr. string together. 3. intr. form or grow into beads. Phrases and idioms draw a bead on take aim at. tell one's beads use the beads of a rosary etc. in counting prayers. Derivatives beaded adj. Etymology: orig. = 'prayer' (for which the earliest use of beads arose): OE gebed f. Gmc, rel. to BID |
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