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单词 joss stick
释义

joss stick

noun

: a slender stick of incense burned in front of a joss

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Thai television stations broadcast the royal order along with a video of Suthida, wearing a pale pink dress, laying before the king and presenting him with a tray of flowers and joss sticks, AP reports. Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 21 Oct. 2019 When eating, do not stick your chopsticks upright in your bowl of rice, because this is the symbol of two burning joss sticks used for funerals. National Geographic, 26 Mar. 2019 It had been bisected by hundreds of joss sticks, which stuck out from the figure like the shafts of arrows; these were methodically lit after dinner during the performance by the artist and her assistants, who wielded blow torches. Alessandra Codinha, Vogue, 22 June 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1845, in the meaning defined above

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