柯林斯詞典cowrie (also cowry) 1. N any marine gastropod mollusc of the mostly tropical family Cypraeidae, having a glossy brightly marked shell with an elongated opening 寶貝科海洋軟躰動(dòng)物 返回 cowrie劍橋詞典a small sea creature 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 寶貝（一種海生貝類動(dòng)物，殼光滑明亮）；寶貝貝殼（舊時(shí)非洲和南亞部分地區(qū)用作貨幣） a cowrie shell 寶貝貝殼 返回 cowrie