fylfot

n. 万字形

发音

UK /ˈfɪl.fɒt/
US /ˈfɪl.fɑt/

词形变化

fylfots 复数 fylfots

别名

filfot

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A swastika, especially one with the arms bent in an anticlockwise direction.

    1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados Then look at that jade fylfot charm pawned for one-and-three down at the Basin and the use that could have been made of it in the Kharkov 'ritual murder' trial.

词源

Uncertain, but likely from Middle English fillen (“to fill”) (from Old English fyllan) + fot (“foot”) (from Old English fōt), in reference to its use as a design to be placed at the bottom of stained-glass windows.

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