珠母

她刚走进店里，就一眼看中了一件黄褐色的小外套，上面缀着大大的珠母钮扣。这种款式这年秋天很新潮。

When she entered the store , she already had her heart fixed upon the peculiar little tan jacket with large mother-of-pearl buttons which was all the rage that fall .

陈世英尤其喜欢蝴蝶，这是他作品中常常出现的主题，比如：在“鼓翼的蛱蝶”（Fluttery-PaintedLady）中，蝴蝶与花草一起出现，在“拉格泰姆”（Ragtime）中，蝴蝶火焰般的翅膀用薄如纸张的珠母片做成。

Mr. Chan particularly loves butterflies , a motif that appears in works such as Fluttery-Painted Lady , patterned with grass and flowers , and Ragtime , with flamelike wings crafted from paper-thin sheets of mother of pearl .

为些珍珠都是用真正的珠母裹上一层进口雪花石玻璃制成。

These pearls are imported alabaster glass enrobed in real pearlescence .

烯醇丙酮酸磷酸羧激酶合浦珠母贝壳制备碳酸钙、丙酸钙的工艺研究

Study on the technology of preparation of calcium carbonate and calcium propionate from Pinctada martensii shell

由珠母层组成的或类似于珠母层的。

Consisting of or resembling mother-of-pearl .

他们或许是最鲜明的考克尼象征之一——这就是所谓的“考克尼皇室”：珠母纽王和王后。

They are probably among the most recognizable Cockney symbols - the so-called Cockney royalty : Pearly Kings and Queens .

他们或许是最鲜明的考克尼象征之一&这就是所谓的考克尼皇室：珠母纽王和王后。

They are probably among the most recognizable Cockney symbols – the so-called Cockney royalty : Pearly Kings and Queens .

这些“穿着缀满珠母纽扣节日盛装的伦敦小贩”的历史可以追溯到一个世纪之前，那时有位名叫亨利•克罗夫特的清洁工。他将伦敦苹果商贩所穿的以纽扣镶边的服装加以改造，以吸引人们来参加他的募捐活动。

The " pearlies " have their origins a century ago in a street sweeper named Henry Croft , who adapted the button-festooned clothes worn by London apple-sellers to help draw attention to his charity * fundraising .