English Dictionary

nacre

/ˈneɪkə/

noun

(obsolete) A shellfish which contains mother-of-pearl. / A pearly substance which lines the interior of many shells; mother-of-pearl.

The necklace was adorned with beautiful nacre beads.

意味（1）

(obsolete) A shellfish which contains mother-of-pearl.

The shell-fish called a Nacre, liveth even so with the Pinnotere, which is a little creature like unto a Crabfish[…].

意味（2）

A pearly substance which lines the interior of many shells; mother-of-pearl.

On a little table of dark perfumed wood thickly encrusted with nacre, […]was lying a note from Lord Henry, and beside it was a book bound in yellow paper, the cover slightly torn and the edges soiled.