thistle

參見：Thistle

英語

詞源

源自中古英語 thistel，源自古英語 þistel，源自原始日耳曼語 *þistilaz。*þīh- 源自 *teyg-，原始印歐語 *(s)teyg- (“扎，刺”)的變體；與英語 stick來自同一原始印歐語詞根。與低地蘇格蘭語 thrissel、德語 Distel、荷蘭語 distel、冰島語 þistill等同源。

發音

• IPA^(幫助)：/θɪsl̩/

• 音頻 (美式)

  （文檔）

• 韻部：-ɪsəl

名詞

thistle (複數 thistles)

1. 薊（Cirsium, Carduus, Cynara, Onopordum）
   • 1611， The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version)，London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981:

     Genesis 3:18:

     Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field [...].

   1. 作為蘇格蘭的國花、國家象征
   2. (紋章學) 作為寓意物
2. 薊花勳章，或擁有薊花勳章的人
   • 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 324:

     Here's a passage which will please you: ‘It is said that when rich he twice refused the thistle.’

派生詞

• blessed thistle
• bull thistle
• Canada thistle
• carline thistle
• corn thistle
• cotton thistle (Onopordum acanthium)
• globe thistle
• marsh thistle
• milk thistle
• Russian thistle
• Scotch thistle (Onopordum acanthium)
• sow thistle
• spear thistle
• starthistle
• thistle butterfly
• thistledown
• thistly

 

參考資料

• “thistle”, The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, OCLC 867766587
• “thistle”, Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, OCLC 800618302

異序詞

• Hittles, Lettish, listeth, lithest, shittle