单词 | corona |
释义 | Word Frequency corona(kəˈrəʊnə) nounWord forms: plural -nas or -nae (-niː) 1. a circle of light around a luminous body, usually the moon 2. Also called: aureole the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere, visible as a faint halo during a solar eclipse 3. architecture the flat vertical face of a cornice just above the soffit 4. something resembling a corona or halo 5. a circular chandelier suspended from the roof of a church 6. botany a. the trumpet-shaped part of the corolla of daffodils and similar plants; the crown b. a crown of leafy outgrowths from inside the petals of some flowers 7. anatomy a crownlike structure, such as the top of the head 8. zoology the head or upper surface of an animal, such as the body of an echinoid or the disc and arms of a crinoid 9. a long cigar with blunt ends 10. physics short for corona discharge Word origin C16: from Latin: crown, from Greek korōnē anything curved; related to Greek korōnis wreath, korax crow, Latin curvus curved |
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