释义
n.
Astronomy the rarefied gaseous envelope of the sun and other stars. The sun's corona is normally visible only during a total solar eclipse, when it is seen as an irregularly shaped pearly glow surrounding the darkened disc of the moon.
【天文】 (太阳或其他星体的)冕。
(亦作 corona discharge)Physics the glow around a conductor at high potential
【物理】 电晕。
a small circle of light seen round the sun or moon, due to diffraction by water droplets
华(通过水珠衍射产生的围绕太阳或月亮的光环)。
Anatomy a crown or crown-like structure
【剖】 冠;冠状部位。
Botany the cup-shaped or trumpet-shaped outgrowth at the centre of a daffodil or narcissus flower
【植】 (黄水仙或水仙花的)副花冠;冠。
a circular chandelier in a church
(教堂的)环形吊灯。
Architecture a part of a cornice having a broad vertical face
【建筑】 挑檐滴水板。
n.
a long, straight-sided cigar
花冠烟。
词源
" mid 16th cent. (in sense 4): from Latin, ‘wreath, crown’.late 19th cent.: from Spanish La Corona, literally ‘the crown', originally a proprietary name."