" Quire right! You recognized it, I suppose, by its distinctive mother-of-pearl sheen? "

“非常正确！我想，你通过它特有的珍珠母的光泽认出来的吧？”

The sac coats the irritant with layers of smooth nacre, also known as mother-of-pearl.

珍珠囊给刺激物外裹上一层层光滑的珍珠层即珍珠母。

The others had rugged black surfaces, measured up to fifteen centimeters in width, and were ten or more years old.

别的珍珠母，表面上粗一点，黑一点，有十岁以上的年龄了，宽大可以到十五厘米。

Some of these shells were furrowed with flaky, greenish bands that radiated down from the top. These were the young oysters.

有些珍珠母的外壳上面带一条一条的淡青色线纹，线纹尽头处有些发亮。于年轻一类的珍珠母。

It was made of ivory silk tulle and embellished with mother of pearl sequins.

它由象牙色纱制成，并点缀着珍珠母亮片。

He brought her a prayerbook bound in mother-of-pearl.

他给她带来了一本珍珠母装订的祈祷书。

Get ready to see mother of pearl skyscrapers.

准备好参观珍珠母摩天大楼。

In the corners stood carved cupboards, damascened with ebony and mother-of-pearl.

角落里放着雕花橱柜， 镶嵌着乌木和珍珠母。

Oh, and could you make sure those are real mother-of-pearl buttons on the shirts, okay?

哦，你能确保些衬衫上真正的珍珠母纽扣吗，好吗？

But it could be tinted and patterned to mimic more expensive materials like coral, tortoiseshell, amber, and mother-of-pearl.

但它可以着色和图案化，以模仿更昂贵的材料，如珊瑚、龟甲、琥珀和珍珠母。

One of the most touching pieces in the show is a small curl of blonde hair pasted onto a heart-shaped piece of mother-of-pearl.

本次展览最为感人的展品之一就粘在一块心形珍珠母上的一小鬈金发。

So we hid it behind these vintage doors from India and all the little white parts are all mother of pearl inlay.

所以我们把它藏在些来自印度的老式门后面，所有的白色小部件都珍珠母镶嵌的。

To protect itself from the invader, the mollusk starts to coat the debris with nacre, or mother-of-pearl, the same material that lines the inner layer of its shell.

为了保护自己免受入侵者的伤害，软体动物开始在碎屑上涂上珍珠质，或珍珠母，种材料与软体动物外壳内层的材料相同。

The shellfish Meleagrina, that womb for pearls whose valves are nearly equal in size, has the shape of a round shell with thick walls and a very rough exterior.

杂色小纹贝，所谓珍珠母的两片介壳差不多相等，壳作圆环形，壳壁很厚，外表很粗，凹凸不平。

" Oh, " she replied, gravely, not a blush colouring her inflated cheeks, " I saw one made of mother-of-pearl and white feathers. Something truly virginal" !

“哦，” 她严肃地回答， 膨胀的脸颊上没有一红晕， “我看到了一个用珍珠母和白色羽毛制成的。真正处女的东西” ！

She looked down at the mother-of-pearl opera-glass in her smoothly gloved hands, and said, after a pause: " What do you do while May is away? " " I stick to my work, " he answered, faintly annoyed by the question.

她低头看着光滑的戴着手套的手中的珍珠母歌剧玻璃，停顿了一下后说：“梅不在的时候你做什么？ ” “我坚持我的工作， ” 他回答说，有点生气由问题。