n.[C]

1. 有孔小珠
2. （一串）念珠；（一串）珠子項鍊[P]
   Alice was wearing a string of beads.

   愛麗斯掛著一串珠子項鍊。

   a bead curtain

   珠簾

3. 汗珠；淚珠；露珠；水滴
   Beads of sweat stood on his forehead.

   他額上有滴滴汗珠。

4. （酒等的）氣泡，泡沫
5. 【美】【俚】命運[P]

vt.

1. 使成串珠狀
   Tears were beaded on her cheeks.

   她雙頰掛著成串的淚珠。

2. 用珠裝飾

vi.

1. 形成珠狀；起泡
   Sweat beaded up on his forehead.

   他額頭上滲出點點汗珠。

n.

1. a small, rounded piece of glass, stone, plastic, etc., perforated and typically threaded in a string with others to make a necklace or rosary.
2. a drop of a liquid on a surface.
3. a small knob forming the foresight of a gun.
4. the reinforced inner edge of a tyre.
5. an ornamental plaster moulding resembling a string of beads or having a semicircular cross section.

v.

1. decorate or cover with beads.
2. form into a string like beads.