(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)
(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
a circular chandelier in a church (教堂的)环形吊灯
(Architecture)a part of a cornice having a broad vertical face (建筑)挑檐滴水板
语源
mid 16th cent. (in sense 4): from Latin, wreath, crown'
corona2 [kəˈrəʊnə] noun
a long, straight-sided cigar 花冠烟
语源
late 19th cent.: from Spanish La Corona, literally 'the crown', originally a proprietary name