Corona



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 日冕 ( 月球经过太阳前面时, 太阳外围呈现的光环) ;冠 ( 状物)
• ［英］ 日冕 ( 月球经过太阳前面时, 太阳外围呈现的光环) , 冠 ( 状物) ( a crown or something resembling a crown)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Latin, garland, crown, cornice — more at crown
• Date: 1548
• 1. the projecting part of a classic cornice
• 2.
  • a. a usually colored circle often seen around and close to a luminous body (as the sun or moon) caused by diffraction produced by suspended droplets or occasionally particles of dust
  • b. the tenuous outermost part of the atmosphere of a star (as the sun)
  • c. a circle of light made by the apparent convergence of the streamers of the aurora borealis
  • d. the upper portion of a bodily part (as a tooth or the skull)
  • e. an appendage or series of united appendages on the inner side of the corolla in some flowers (as the daffodil, jonquil, or milkweed)
  • f. a faint glow adjacent to the surface of an electrical conductor at high voltage
• 3. \［from La Corona, a trademark\］ a long cigar having the sides straight to the end to be lit and being roundly blunt at the other end

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