英语释义

• any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells

片语

honey对…说甜言蜜语；加蜜使甜

Tiger Cowrie cowrie whose shell is used for ornament

同义词： Cypraea tigris

Chestnut Cowrie宝螺

Egg Cowrie海兔螺

OCELLATE COWRIE眼斑宝螺

Cowrie Island玛瑙贝岛

MOUSE COWRIE鼠宝螺

sweet(Sweet)人名；(英)斯威特

asellus cowrie浮标宝螺

Golden Cowrie金玛瑙贝意大利餐厅

英汉例句

• it is generally believed that the cowrie is a kind of currency and possesses the meaning of wealth.

  学术界一直以来认为贝是作为货币，具有财富意义而被赏赐。

• the golden cowrie is a marine snail named for its brilliant orange shell. it is among the largest of the world「s 250 known cowrie species, reaching four inches (ten centimeters) in length.

  黄金宝螺是一种海生蜗牛，因其明亮的贝壳而命名，它是人们所周知的、世界上250种最大的宝螺物种之一，长达4英寸（10公分）。

• it is more likely that the beads were either simply fashionable throughout the region, or that they acted as currency, as cowrie shells did in some parts of africa until historical times.

  更有可能的是，在那整个时代中，珠子不是一种遍布大陆的流行，就是作为一种流通货币的角色（由于玛瑙贝在历史上曾经在非洲的一部分被作为货币使用）。

• the item that served as money over the broadest geographic area and the longest period of time was the cowrie shell.

  担任该项目的资金超过了最广泛的地理区域和时间最长的时期是贝壳。

• for thismother-to-be, thompson created a design based on cowrie shells."they」re

  汤普森根据玛瑙贝为这位準妈妈创作了一幅画。

• a hundred years ago you could still pay your taxes in uganda in cowrie shells.

  100年前你还能用子安贝贝壳在乌干达缴税。

• golden cowrie shells are among the hardest shells to find and are prized by collectors.

  黄金宝螺的贝壳极难找到，它们为收藏家所推崇。

• long braids and cowrie shells: symbolise fertility and wealth

  长长的辫带和贝壳：象征着生育力与富有。