trefoil
/tree-foil, tref-oil/US // ˈtri fɔɪl, ˈtrɛf ɔɪl //UK // (ˈtrɛfɔɪl) //
三叶草,三叶虫,三叶树,叁叶草
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Trifolium, of the legume family, having usually digitate leaves of three leaflets and reddish, purple, yellow, or white flower heads, comprising the common clovers.
- : any of various similar plants.
- : Architecture. an ornament composed of three lobes, divided by cusps, radiating from a common center.
- : such an ornamental figure used by the Girl Scouts as its official emblem.
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : of, relating to, or shaped like a trefoil.
Examples
The windows on the south side of the clerestory are without the trefoil which ornaments the base of those on the north side.
A "trefoil arch" connects the 113six chief pillars, on each of which stands a statue of a Virtue.
The points of the omega are generally changed into small circles, leaves, or trefoil; and the disk itself is placed on a pedestal.
Hundreds of yards of canvas, with the Tokugawa trefoil, had been stretched along the road to Kurihma.
Treste, the trefoil leaf, or clover-grass (corruptly called Clubs) alludes to the husbandmen and peasants.
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