pearl
/pɜːl/
B1 · Intermediate★★★☆☆
Simple Meaning
一部の海の生き物の中で育つ、小さくて硬い白または薄い色の球。宝石に使われる。
When to Use
💬Daily Conversation📱Social Media
Intermediate — can handle common situations
Examples in Conversation
“彼女は結婚式に美しい真珠のネックレスをしていました。”
“あのイヤリングは本物の真珠のように見えます。”
Learning Path
▶Full Definition
A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Round lustrous pearls are used in jewellery.