单词 | Catherine wheel |
释义 | Catherine wheel From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishCatherine wheelCath‧er‧ine wheel /ˈkæθərən wiːl/ British English, pinwheel American English noun [countable]DHTa round flat firework that spins around as it burnsExamples from the CorpusCatherine wheel• The catherine Wheel display of blue-backed manakins.Origin catherine wheel (1700-1800) Saint Catherine of Alexandria (4th century), who was sentenced to be killed on a wheel |
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