pearl

真珠

カキなどの貝の中にできる、普通は白くて滑らかな小さな宝石。

やさしい英語で： A small, smooth, usually white jewel that forms inside an oyster or a similar sea animal.

• She wore a pearl necklace.
• Divers found a large pearl inside an oyster.
• Are these pearls real?

よく使う表現： pearl necklace, cultured pearl, pearl earrings

知恵、有用な助言

特に役に立つ、または知恵のある短い助言や情報。

やさしい英語で： A small piece of advice or information that is especially useful or wise.

• That little pearl of advice saved me hours.
• The doctor shared a clinical pearl with her students.
• His talk contained several practical pearls for new teachers.

使い方： a pearl of wisdom (My grandmother shared another pearl of wisdom.)

類義語： tip, insight

よく使う表現： pearl of wisdom, clinical pearl, practical pearl

ブリル

ブリルと呼ばれる、体が平たい海の魚。

やさしい英語で： A sea fish with a flat body, also called a brill.

• The fisherman called the flatfish a pearl.
• The old guide lists pearl among the local fish.
• They caught two pearls in their net.

類義語： brill

よく使う表現： catch a pearl, pearl fish

アジサシ

アジサシの仲間に属する、淡い色の海鳥。

やさしい英語で： A pale seabird of the kind called a tern.

• The pale seabird was known locally as a pearl.
• A pearl flew above the fishing boat.
• The old bird list includes pearls and gulls.

類義語： tern

よく使う表現： pale pearl, pearl bird

真珠層、螺鈿

貝殻の内側にある滑らかで光る層。物の装飾に使う。

やさしい英語で： The smooth, shiny material inside some shells, used to decorate objects.

• The box has a delicate pearl inlay.
• Its handle was decorated with polished pearl.
• They used pearl from shells to make buttons.

類義語： mother-of-pearl, nacre

よく使う表現： pearl inlay, pearl buttons, carved pearl

真珠で飾る

真珠や貝殻の内側の光る素材で物を飾ること。

やさしい英語で： To decorate something with small round jewels or shiny material from inside shells.

• The artist pearled the crown.
• They pearled the collar with tiny jewels.
• Her wedding gown was carefully pearled by hand.

使い方： pearl something with something (The maker pearled the crown with tiny white jewels.)

類義語： embellish, adorn

よく使う表現： pearl a crown, pearl a gown

粒を丸くする

穀物などを加工して、小さな丸い粒にすること。

やさしい英語で： To process something, such as grain, into small rounded pieces.

• The mill pearls barley for cooking.
• Workers pearled the grain before packing it.
• This machine can pearl several kinds of grain.

よく使う表現： pearl barley, pearl the grain

真珠を採る

普通は海に潜って、カキの中の真珠を探して採ること。

やさしい英語で： To search for small round jewels inside oysters, usually by diving into the sea.

• They pearl in the shallow lagoon.
• His grandfather pearled along this coast for years.
• The divers went out to pearl at dawn.

よく使う表現： pearl for income, pearl offshore