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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

bead [biːd]
  1. 1. noun [c] (glass, plastic etc) 小珠子
  2. 2. noun [of sweat]
  3. 3. n pl beads (necklace) 项链

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

bead [bɪd] [bɪːd]
  1. 1. noun 玻璃珠,木珠,金属珠
  2. 2. noun [复数形态时](一串)念珠
  3. 3. noun [复数形态时]串珠饰项圈
    a pair of beads
    一串念珠
    He was telling his beads when we entered.
    我们进来时,他正在数珠子。
  4. 4. noun 枪的准星
  5. 5. noun 水)珠,(水)泡
    beads of sweat
    汗珠
    For more flavorful espresso and coffee, use a coffee grinder to grind your beads fresh.
    想要烹制更加香浓的蒸馏咖啡或是普通咖啡可以使用咖啡机绝对滴滴香浓。
  6. 6. noun 冒泡液体的)泡
  7. 7. noun 啤酒泡沫
  8. 8. noun 提炼的金、银小球
  9. 9. noun 胎缘,胎边
  10. 10. noun [architecture] 凸圆线脚,墙角圆线条
  11. 11. noun [architecture] 串珠饰;由小圆饰组成的线脚
  12. 12. noun [chemistry] 垫圈焊珠
  13. 13. vt. 用珠装饰;用珠连成一串
  14. 14. vt. 把…象串珠子般连起来
  15. 15. vi. 形成珠;起泡

Collins English-English Dictionary

bead [biːd]
  1. 1. n a small usually spherical piece of glass, wood, plastic, etc, with a hole through it by means of which it may be strung with others to form a necklace, etc
  2. 2. n [architect] [furniture] astragal a small convex moulding having a semicircular cross section
  3. 3. n a small drop of moisture
    a bead of sweat
  4. 4. n a small bubble in or on a liquid
  5. 5. n a small metallic knob acting as the sight of a firearm
  6. 6. n [chem] a small solid globule made by fusing a powdered sample with borax or a similar flux on a platinum wire. The colour of the globule serves as a test for the presence of certain metals (bead test)
  7. 7. n [metallurgy] a deposit of welding metal on the surface of a metal workpiece, often used to examine the structure of the weld zone
  8. 8. n [RC Church] one of the beads of a rosary
  9. 9. vt. [tr] to decorate with beads
  10. 10. vt. to form into beads or drops
  11. 11. vt. [Etymology] Old English bed prayer; related to Old High German gibet prayer

Examples

a bead of sweat bead
一颗大大的汗珠从他的额头滚落下来。
A big bead of sweat rolls down from his forehead. 滚落
一颗汗珠
a bead of sweat
汗珠
a bead of sweat

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