crown of thorns

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌkɹaʊn əv ˈθɔːnz/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The crown made of a thorny plant that Christ was forced to wear before his Crucifixion, in mocking reference to his alleged status as ‘king of the Jews’, or a representation of this.
  2. A spiny Mediterranean tree, Ziziphus spina-christi.
  3. A spiny spurge, Euphorbia milii, native to Madagascar.
  4. The plant Koeberlinia spinosa.
  5. Ellipsis of crown-of-thorns starfish abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis
  6. A woodworking technique, used in tramp art, in which interlocking pieces are notched to intersect at right angles and form joints and self-supporting objects.

词形变化

crowns of thorns plural

词源

Calque of Latin spinea corona, itself a calque of Hellenistic Ancient Greek ἀκάνθινος στέφανος (akánthinos stéphanos).
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