bead

bead的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [bi:d]
KK音标发音： [bid]

bead的词性：
n.（名词）

1. A small, often round piece of material, such as glass, plastic, or wood, that is pierced for stringing or threading.
珠子：小而圆的材料（如玻璃、塑料、木材），其上有可穿在线上的孔

2. beads A necklace made of such pieces.
beads 项链：以这种珠子穿成的项链

3. beads Roman Catholic Church A rosary.
beads 【罗马天主教】 念珠

4. Obsolete A prayer. Often used in the plural.
【废语】 祷告，多用复数

5. A small, round object, especially:
小而圆的物质，尤指：

6. A drop of moisture:
水珠：

beads of sweat.
汗珠

7. A bubble of gas in a liquid.
液体中心的气泡

8. A small metal knob on the muzzle of a firearm, such as a rifle, used for sighting.
准星：枪炮口上，瞄准用的小圆金属突起，如来福枪上的准星

9. A strip of material, usually wood, with one molded edge placed flush against the inner part of a door or window frame.
密封条：一片材料（常为木料），磨制过的一边严密地置于门框、窗框内，使门窗打不开

10. Architecture
【建筑学】

11. A decoration consisting of a usually continuous series of small spherical shapes, as on a convex molding.
珠缘：常为一串小圆球连成的装饰线，用于凸形边缘上

12. Beading.
小饰珠

13. A projecting rim or lip, as on a pneumatic tire.
轮胎卷边：突出的外围或边缘，如充气轮胎的边缘突起

14. A line of continuously-applied ductile material, such as solder or caulking compound.
焊料：可延伸、拉长的金属线，尤指焊料或粘性添充物

15. Chemistry A globule of fused borax or other flux used in a bead test.
【化学】 熔珠：熔化的硼砂或其他珠状熔接剂，用于珠子的化验

bead的词性：
v.tr.intr.（及物动词和不及物动词）

16. To furnish with or collect into beads.
用小珠装饰或聚珠成串

17. To take careful aim at.
仔细瞄准

bead的词源：

18. Middle English bede [rosary bead, prayer]
中古英语 bede [数念珠祷告，祈祷]

19. from Old English bed, bedu, gebed [prayer] * see g ^whedh-
源自 古英语 bed, bedu, gebed [祈祷] *参见 g ^whedh-