crown-of-thorns

英 [ˌkraʊnəv'θɔːnz] 美 [ˌkraʊnəv'θɔːnz]

• n. [动]棘冠星鱼(产于太平洋)

英英释义

名词 crown of thorns:

1. any affliction that causes great suffering

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