thistle
英['θɪs(ə)l]
美['θɪsl]
- n. [植] 蓟
- n. (Thistle)人名；(英)西斯尔
词态变化
复数: thistles;
助记提示
1. 苏格兰国花是蓟花。
2. 电影：《勇敢的心》的插曲：A Gift of a Thistle (from Braveheart)。
3. 英国酒店：Thistle Hotels.
4. 奶蓟草，奶蓟草（Milk Thistle）又称乳剂草，一年或两年生菊科植物，花盛开时非常漂亮且朝气蓬勃，奶蓟传说是圣母玛利亚喂乳时，不小心将乳汁滴到这植物的叶上，于是叶脉流出乳汁，所以又称为Marian Thistle。
5. 《勇敢的心》截取的电影片段，这段背景音乐的名字原声大碟上称为“紫色的苏格兰蓟（A Gift of a Thistle）
中文词源
thistle 蓟（苏格兰民族象征）
一种多刺草本植物，来自古英语 thistel,蓟，来自 Proto-Germanic*thistilaz,刺毛，可能来自 PIE*stei,尖刺，词源同 stick,thorn.-el,小词后缀。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. She sifted thistles through her thistle - sifter.
- 她用蓟筛筛蓟.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. Bees moved , humming thoughtfully , from scarlet poppy to purple thistle.
- 蜜蜂在鲜红的罂粟花和艳紫的蓟草花之间飞舞嗡嗡低吟.
来自辞典例句
- 3. Alice ran round the thistle again.
- 阿丽思又绕着那棵蓟跑.
来自辞典例句
- 4. Eurasian thistle growing in sand dunes and dry chalky soils.
- 在沙丘或干旱白垩土壤中生长的欧亚蓟.
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- 5. Ming Hyobuyou shi lang, thistle Liaoning Governor Germany have troops there forever.
- 明代兵部右侍郎 、 蓟辽总督万世德曾驻兵于此.
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