1. The first day, I showed my cowries to villagers, but the next day, it was unfortunate that I was ill.
第一天，非常兴奋地向父老乡亲们展示我的宝贝，但是，很不幸，第二天我却病倒了。
2. Stephen's embarrassed hand moved over the shells heaped in the cold stone mortar: whelks and money, cowries and leopard shells: and this, whorled as an emir's turban, and this, the scallop of Saint James
斯蒂芬那双尴尬的手抚摩着堆在冰冷的石钵里的贝壳，蛾螺、子安贝、豹贝，这个有螺纹的像是酋长的头巾，还有这个圣詹姆斯的扇贝[45]。
3. Family of marine gastropods comprising the cowries.
由宝贝科宝贝组成的海腹足动物科动物。