biretta
/buh-ret-uh/US // bəˈrɛt ə //UK // (bɪˈrɛtə) //
蓓蕾塔
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n.名词 noun
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- : a stiff square cap with three or four upright projecting pieces extending from the center of the top to the edge, worn by ecclesiastics.
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Examples
He sighed, but resigning himself to the inevitable, lifted his biretta as he came up to the door.
Then came a large man with bold features and dark complexion, wearing a purple robe edged with red and a red biretta.
On our heads we wore a fascinating "biretta," or cap with a tall feather.
Cerini was clad in the black silk soutane of his learned order, with the biretta upon his head.
The pope first invests him with the rochet and red biretta, but there is no formal ceremony.
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