thistle

参见：Thistle

英语

词源

源自中古英语 thistel，源自古英语 þistel，源自原始日耳曼语 *þistilaz。*þīh- 源自 *teyg-，原始印欧语 *(s)teyg- (“扎，刺”)的变体；与英语 stick来自同一原始印欧语词根。与低地苏格兰语 thrissel、德语 Distel、荷兰语 distel、冰岛语 þistill等同源。

发音

• 国际音标^(帮助): /θɪsl̩/

• 音频 (美式)：

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• 韵部：-ɪsəl

名词

thistle (复数 thistles)

1. 蓟（Cirsium, Carduus, Cynara, Onopordum）
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC:

     Genesis 3:18:

     Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field [...].

   1. 作为苏格兰的国花、国家象征
   2. (纹章学) 作为寓意物
2. 蓟花勋章，或拥有蓟花勋章的人
   • 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 324:

     Here's a passage which will please you: ‘It is said that when rich he twice refused the thistle.’

派生词

• blessed thistle
• bull thistle
• Canada thistle
• carline thistle
• corn thistle
• cotton thistle (Onopordum acanthium)
• globe thistle
• marsh thistle
• milk thistle
• Russian thistle
• Scotch thistle (Onopordum acanthium)
• sow thistle
• spear thistle
• starthistle
• thistle butterfly
• thistledown
• thistly

 

参考资料

• “thistle”，The Century Dictionary […]，New York, N.Y.：The Century Co.，1911，OCLC 867766587
• “thistle”，Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary，Springfield, Mass.：G. & C. Merriam，1913年，OCLC 800618302

异序词

• Hittles, Lettish, listeth, lithest, shittle