crosier

n. 权杖

发音

UK /ˈkɹəʊzi.ə/
其它
UK /ˈkɹəʊʒə/
US /ˈkɹoʊʒɚ/

词形变化

crosiers 复数 crosiers

别名

crozier

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A staff with a hooked end similar to a shepherd's crook, or with a cross at the end, carried by an abbot, bishop, or archbishop as a symbol of office.

    权杖

  2. 2.

    A young fern frond, before it has unrolled.

    生物 植物学

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词源

From Middle English; originally referring to the staff bearer, from a merger of Old French words crocier (“bearer of a cross”) and croisier (“one who bears or has to do with a cross”), ultimately from Latin crux (“cross”).

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