thistle
英 ['θɪs(ə)l]
美 ['θɪsl]
- n. [植] 薊
- n. (Thistle)人名;(英)西斯爾
助記提示
1. 蘇格蘭國花是薊花。
2. 電影:《勇敢的心》的插曲:A Gift of a Thistle (from Braveheart)。
3. 英國酒店:Thistle Hotels.
4. 奶薊草,奶薊草(Milk Thistle)又稱乳劑草,一年或兩年生菊科植物,花盛開時非常漂亮且朝氣蓬勃,奶薊傳說是聖母瑪利亞喂乳時,不小心將乳汁滴到這植物的葉上,於是葉脈流出乳汁,所以又稱為Marian Thistle。
5. 《勇敢的心》截取的電影片段,這段背景音樂的名字原聲大碟上稱為“紫色的蘇格蘭薊(A Gift of a Thistle)
中文詞源
thistle 薊(蘇格蘭民族象征)一種多刺草本植物,來自古英語 thistel,薊,來自 Proto-Germanic*thistilaz,刺毛,可能來自 PIE*stei,尖刺,詞源同 stick,thorn.-el,小詞後綴。
英文詞源
- thistle (n.)
- prickly herbaceous plant, Old English þistel, from Proto-Germanic *thistilaz (cognates: Old Saxon thistil, Old High German distil, German Distel, Old Norse þistell, Danish tidsel), of uncertain origin; perhaps from an extended form of PIE root *steig- "to prick, stick, pierce." Emblematic of Scotland since 15c.
雙語例句
- 1. She sifted thistles through her thistle - sifter.
- 她用薊篩篩薊.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. Bees moved , humming thoughtfully , from scarlet poppy to purple thistle.
- 蜜蜂在鮮紅的罌粟花和豔紫的薊草花之間飛舞嗡嗡低吟.
來自辭典例句
- 3. Alice ran round the thistle again.
- 阿麗思又繞著那棵薊跑.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Eurasian thistle growing in sand dunes and dry chalky soils.
- 在沙丘或幹旱白堊土壤中生長的歐亞薊.
來自互聯網
- 5. Ming Hyobuyou shi lang, thistle Liaoning Governor Germany have troops there forever.
- 明代兵部右侍郎 、 薊遼總督萬世德曾駐兵於此.
來自互聯網