wreath

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n. 花圈, 花环, 圈状物 [医] 花冠, 花冠体(细胞核分裂的一时期)

发音

UK /ɹiːθ/
US /ɹiθ/
UK /ɹiːð/
US /ɹið/

词形变化

wreaths 复数 wreaths wreath'd wreathed wreathing wreaths 三单 wreathing 现在分词 wreathed 过去式 wreathed 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

花冠；圈状物

动词

环绕（等于wreathe）

动词

盘旋（等于wreathe）

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Something twisted, intertwined, or curled.

    a wreath of smoke a wreath of clouds

  2. 2.

    An ornamental circular band made, for example, of plaited flowers and leaves, and used as decoration; a garland or chaplet, especially one given to a victor.

    花圈

  3. 3.

    A defect in glass.

  4. 4.

    An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest; an orle, a torse. It generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other like the principal color in the coat of arms.

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v.
  1. 1.

    Alternative spelling of wreathe.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

garland lei coronal chaplet

上位词 1

flower arrangement

下位词 3

crown laurel laurel wreath

相关短语

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词源

From Middle English wreth, wrethe (“coiled or rounded shape; decorative garland, wreath; chaplet, crown; ring”, noun), from Old English wrǣd, wrǣþ, wriþa (“bandage”), from Proto-West Germanic *wrīþan (“to twist; to weave”), from Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną (“to twist; to weave”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt- (“to twist”). Doublet of wreathe and writhe.

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