corona

corona1
[kəˈrəʊnə]
(pl. coronae -niː)
  1. (Astronomy)the rarefied gaseous envelope of the sun and other stars. The sun's corona is normally visible only during a total solar eclipse, when it is seen as an irregularly shaped pearly glow surrounding the darkened disc of the moon
    (天文)(太阳或其他星体的)冕
    ■(亦作 corona discharge)(Physics)the glow around a conductor at high potential
    (物理)电晕
    ■a small circle of light seen round the sun or moon, due to diffraction by water droplets
    华(水珠折射产生的围绕太阳或月亮的光环)
  2. (Anatomy)a crown or crown-like structure
    (剖)冠;冠状部位
    ■(Botany)the cup-shaped or trumpet-shaped outgrowth at the centre of a daffodil or narcissus flower
    (植)(黄水仙或水仙花的)副花冠;冠
  3. a circular chandelier in a church
    (教堂的)环形吊灯
  4. (Architecture)a part of a cornice having a broad vertical face
    (建筑)挑檐滴水板
语源
  1. mid 16th cent. (in sense 4): from Latin, wreath, crown'

corona2
[kəˈrəʊnə]
noun
  1. a long, straight-sided cigar
    花冠烟
语源
  1. late 19th cent.: from Spanish La Corona, literally 'the crown', originally a proprietary name
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