joss stick

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A stick of incense, especially (Taoism, Buddhism, etc.) those burned as an offering before a Chinese shrine.
    — For instance, Hawkins, Lewis, Hankin and Sengupta all cover the word agarbatti, an incense stick or joss stick, but there is no way of knowing when this term was first used in Indian English, nor whether it is now current or obsolete.

词形变化

joss sticks plural joss-stick alternative

词源

From joss (“Chinese idol”) + stick.
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