| 释义 |
cowrie
(also cowry) UK ['kaʊ.ri] US ['kaʊr.i] noun countable
■a small sea animal with a soft body and a brightly coloured shell, or the shell itself used in the past as money in parts of Africa and southern Asia 宝贝（一种海生贝类动物，壳光滑明亮）；宝贝贝壳（旧时非洲和南亚部分地区用作货币）•a cowrie shell宝贝贝壳 |