thistle
參見:Thistle
英語[編輯]
詞源[編輯]
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。
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名詞[編輯]
thistle (複數 thistles)
- 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 [...].
- 作為蘇格蘭的國花、國家象徵
- (紋章學) 作為寓意物
- 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.』
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 324:
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參考資料[編輯]
- 「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