pearls

英 [pɜːlz]

美 [pɜrlz]

n. 珍珠; 人造珍珠; (形状或颜色)像珍珠之物
pearl的复数

柯林斯词典

See also:She wore a string of pearls at her throat...I put on the pearl earrings Daddy had bought me.mother-of-pearl
ADJ 珍珠般的
Pearlis used to describe something which looks like a pearl.
1. ...tiny pearl buttons.
  珍珠般的小纽扣
PHRASE 明珠暗投；对牛弹琴
If you say that someoneis casting pearls before swine, you mean that they are wasting their time by offering something that is helpful or valuable to someone who does not appreciate or understand it.
1. You do not value what should be valued, I see I was casting pearls before swine.
  你不重视应该重视的东西，我觉得我是在对牛弹琴。
PHRASE 精辟见解，睿智言论，妙语如珠（常指开玩笑的话）
People describe what someone says aspearls of wisdomto suggest that it is wise or helpful, often when they are joking.
1. And what is that pearl of wisdom supposed to mean?...
  那番精辟见解到底是什么意思呢？
2. Her advice includes perfectly true but rather fulsome pearls of wisdom.
  她的建议中有完全正确的金玉良言，但有过于恭维之嫌。