| 单词 | catherine wheel |
| 释义 | Catherine wheelSEE SYNONYMS FOR Catherine wheel ON THESAURUS.COM nouna firework that revolves on a pin, making a wheel of fire or sparks; pinwheel. wheel window. Also catharine wheel. Origin of Catherine wheel1175–1225; Middle English; named after St. Catherine of Alexandria, from wheel used to torture her Words nearby Catherine wheelCatherine of Aragon, Catherine of Braganza, Catherine of Siena, Catherine Parr, Catherine the Great, Catherine wheel, Cather, Willa, catheter, catheter embolus, catheterization, catheterize Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for Catherine wheelCatherine wheel nounAlso called: pinwheel a type of firework consisting of a powder-filled spiral tube, mounted with a pin through its centre. When lit it rotates quickly, producing a display of sparks and coloured flame a circular window having ribs radiating from the centre Word Origin for Catherine wheelC16: named after St Catherine of Alexandria Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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