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PEARL
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Traducere în limba română
pearl I. substantiv
1. mărgăritar, perlă;
to cast pearls before swine a arunca mărgăritare înaintea porcilor; a strica orzul pe gâşte;
mother of pearl sidef;
seed pearl perlă de cultură.
2. bob(iţă).
3. (poligr.) perlă, corp de literă de cinci puncte.
4. (fig.) perlă, mărgăritar, nestemată, odor, lucru preţios.
5. mărgăritar / bob de rouă.
6. lacrimă.
7. dinte alb.
8. inel de dantelă.
pearl II. verb A. tranzitiv
1. a acoperi cu picături, a broboni;
pearled with dew înrouat.
2. a face asemănător unei perle; a da (cu dat.) lustrul perlei.
3. a face să strălucească.
4. a decortica (orzul), a transforma în arpacaş.
pearl II. verb B. intranzitiv
1. a pescui perle.
2. a se broboni de rouă, a se înroura.
pearl III. adjectiv
de perlă; de sidef.
Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:
Beppo had the pearl in his possession.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
And as they had no longer any need to fear her, they went into the witch’s house, and in every corner there stood chests full of pearls and jewels.
(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)
I shall have a new ribbon for my hair, and Marmee will lend me her little pearl pin, and my new slippers are lovely, and my gloves will do, though they aren't as nice as I'd like.
(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)
Mrs. Elton, as elegant as lace and pearls could make her, he looked at in silence—wanting only to observe enough for Isabella's information—but Miss Fairfax was an old acquaintance and a quiet girl, and he could talk to her.
(Emma, de Jane Austen)
Of course, I could not say that he had not found the pearl in Harker’s bust.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The frog said, I want not your pearls, and jewels, and fine clothes; but if you will love me, and let me live with you and eat from off your golden plate, and sleep upon your bed, I will bring you your ball again.
(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)
“Gentlemen,” he cried, “let me introduce you to the famous black pearl of the Borgias.”
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
And when the time came for him to go home, he had bought pearls and jewels for the two eldest, but he had sought everywhere in vain for the rose; and when he went into any garden and asked for such a thing, the people laughed at him, and asked him whether he thought roses grew in snow.
(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)
Since Harker’s bust was one in three, the chances were exactly as I told you—two to one against the pearl being inside it.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The next day the second brother undertook the task; but he succeeded no better than the first; for he could only find the second hundred of the pearls; and therefore he too was turned into stone.
(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)
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