cinquefoil

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈsɪŋk.fɔɪl/    美 /ˈsɪŋkˌfɔɪl/|/ˈsæŋkˌfɔɪl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A potentilla (flower).
    — Witches always anointed themselves with ointments before departing up the chimney to their Sabbaths. One such ointment was composed of Aconite, Belladonna, Water Parsley, Cinquefoil and Babies' Fat.
  2. A stylized flower or leaf with five lobes.
  3. A particular knot of five crossings.

词形变化

cinquefoils plural cinqfoil alternative quinquefoil alternative

词汇关系

近义词
fiveleaf
衍生词
cinquefoiled creeping cinquefoil
相关词
cinque multifoil polyfoil
并列词
trefoil quatrefoil sexfoil octofoil

词源

From Old French cinqfoil, from cinq (“five”) + foil (“leaf”).
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