thistle是什么意思_thistle读音|解释_thistle同义词|反义词

词源

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。

发音

• IPA^(帮助)：/θɪsl̩/

• 音频 (美式)

• 韵部：-ɪsəl

名词

thistle（复数 thistles）

1. 蓟（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. 作为苏格兰的国花、国家象征
   2. (纹章学) 作为寓意物
2. 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.’

派生词

参考资料

• thistle in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• thistle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

异序词

• Hittles, Lettish, listeth, lithest, shittle