mother-of-pearl
短语n. 珍珠母
发音
US
/ˌmʌðəɹ əv ˈpɜː(ɹ)l/
词形变化
mother-of-pearls
复数
别名
mother of pearl
释义与例句
n.
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1.
The hard pearly inner layer of certain mollusk shells; nacre.
珍珠母
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2.
A butterfly of the genus Salamis.
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adj.
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1.
Made from or looking like mother-of-pearl; iridescent or pearly.
词汇关系
词源
Calque of Latin māter perlārum, with the first element perhaps connected in popular imagination with obsolete mother (“dregs”). Possibly referring to the fact that the nacre-lined shells are the belly (“mother”) in which pearls are produced.
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