ferula

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A ferule. obsolete
    — He humbles with a ferula the tall ones
  2. A stroke from a cane. archaic
    — And Old Barrett has a new way of twisting the note so that you can't open it and fold it again to see how many ferulæ you are to get.
  3. The imperial sceptre in the Byzantine Empire. obsolete

词形变化

ferulas plural ferulae plural

词源

Borrowed from Latin ferula (“giant fennel”), whose stalks were once used in punishing schoolboys. Doublet of ferule.
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