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单词 mitre-wort
释义

mitre1 or (N American) miter /mīˈtər/

noun
  1. A high, pointed headdress, cleft crosswise on top and with two ribbons hanging from the back, worn by archbishops and bishops, and by some abbots in the Western Church
  2. Episcopal office or status (figurative)
  3. Esp in ancient Greece, a woman's headband
  4. A belt or girdle (Pope, following Homer)
  5. An oriental hat or turban (obsolete)
  6. A gastropod of the genus Mitra or its conical shell (mitre shell)
transitive verb

To adorn with a mitre

ORIGIN: Fr, from Gr mitrā fillet

mīˈtral adjective

  1. Of or like a mitre
  2. Of the mitral valve

mitˈriform /mītˈ or mitˈ/ adjective

Mitre-shaped

mitral valve noun

A mitre-shaped valve of the heart

miˈtre-wort noun

Bishop's cap

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