thistle
参见:Thistle
英语[编辑]
词源[编辑]
源自中古英语 thistel,源自古英语 þistel,源自原始日耳曼语 *þistilaz。*þīh- 源自 *teyg-,原始印欧语 *(s)teyg- (“扎,刺”)的变体;与英语 stick来自同一原始印欧语词根。与低地苏格兰语 thrissel、德语 Distel、荷兰语 distel、冰岛语 þistill等同源。
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名词[编辑]
thistle (复数 thistles)
- 蓟(Cirsium, Carduus, Cynara, Onopordum)
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC:Genesis 3:18:
- Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field [...].
- 作为苏格兰的国花、国家象征
- (纹章学) 作为寓意物
- 蓟花勋章,或拥有蓟花勋章的人
- 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.’
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 324:
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参考资料[编辑]
- “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