beads

n. (pl.)
1.rosary beads. rosary念珠，念珠串。
△3H.Ⅵ.2.1.162: “Numbering our Ave-Maries with our beads?”数着念珠高诵“万福，玛利亚”吗？
2.rosary,i.e. prayers念珠串，（转指）祷告。
at one’s beads: while saying prayers with the rosary正在数着念珠祷告的时候。
△R.III.3.7.91(92):“Whenholy and devout religious men/Are at their beads.’tis much to draw them thence，”当圣洁虔诚的教徒正在数着念珠祷告的时候，要把他们从那里拉开是大为不易的事。
△2H.VI.1.1.27:“In courtly company,or at mybeads，”在宫廷活动中，或者在我数着念珠祷告的时候。