crown of thorns

英 美
  • 长棘海星
  • crown n.王冠;王权;花冠;顶点;齿冠;克朗(丹麦、瑞典、捷克等国的货币单位)vt.加冕;使...成王;居...之顶;镶齿冠;使圆满;打…的头部
  • of prep.关于;...的(表所属);出身于;由于
  • thorns n.刺;棘;荆;荆棘名词thorn的复数形式.
Noun:
  1. any affliction that causes great suffering;

    "that is his cross to bear"
    "he bears his afflictions like a crown of thorns"

  2. somewhat climbing bushy spurge of Madagascar having long woody spiny stems with few leaves and flowers with scarlet bracts

  3. a mock crown made of thorn branches that Roman soldiers placed on Jesus before the Crucifixion

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