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词汇 chaplet
释义

Definition of chaplet in English:

chaplet

noun ˈtʃaplɪtˈtʃæplət
  • 1A garland or circlet for a person's head.

    花冠;头上的环饰

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Improvising hastily, the papal legate Guala is said to have crowned the new king with a chaplet of flowers.
    • The women, their heads surmounted by broad, solid-brass chaplets and their breasts covered with heavy metal necklaces, carry sticks in their right hands like drum majorettes.
    • The Magician himself is a Druid-like wisdom figure, complete with beard, staff, long robe, and chaplet of oak leaves.
    • Cheered by dynastic thoughts, he forgets his disdain for the wedding-favour, a chaplet of carnations, he is obliged to wear.
    • In the Middle Ages young women wore wreaths of gold and eventually gave way to chaplets.
    Synonyms
    festoon, lei, wreath, chain, loop, ring, circle, swathe, swag
  • 2A string of 55 beads (one third of the rosary number) for counting prayers, or as a necklace.

    小念珠串(有55 颗珠子,即三分之一串《玫瑰经》念珠);项圈

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A special person or event in the Catholic tradition, or a beloved Catholic devotion inspires the choice of materials for each chaplet or set of rosary beads.
    • Usually no special color is prescribed for the beads of the various chaplets.
    Synonyms
    strand, rope, necklace, rosary
  • 3A metal support for the core of a hollow casting mould.

    (铸模的)金属芯撑,撑子

    Example sentencesExamples
    • If the design is such that there is insufficient support to hold the core in position, then metal supports called chaplets are used.
    • In addition, with the one-piece core, no chaplets are needed to support the core.
    • To this end numerous metal ‘core pins' or ‘chaplets ' are pushed through the wax shell to span the gap between the core and the outer mould.

Derivatives

  • chapleted

  • adjective
    • Myself, chapleted with stripped leaves of olive, I will bear offerings.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French chapelet, diminutive of chapel 'hat', based on late Latin cappa 'cap'.

Rhymes

Caplet

Definition of chaplet in US English:

chaplet

nounˈCHaplətˈtʃæplət
  • 1A garland or wreath for a person's head.

    花冠;头上的环饰

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Improvising hastily, the papal legate Guala is said to have crowned the new king with a chaplet of flowers.
    • The Magician himself is a Druid-like wisdom figure, complete with beard, staff, long robe, and chaplet of oak leaves.
    • Cheered by dynastic thoughts, he forgets his disdain for the wedding-favour, a chaplet of carnations, he is obliged to wear.
    • In the Middle Ages young women wore wreaths of gold and eventually gave way to chaplets.
    • The women, their heads surmounted by broad, solid-brass chaplets and their breasts covered with heavy metal necklaces, carry sticks in their right hands like drum majorettes.
    Synonyms
    festoon, lei, wreath, chain, loop, ring, circle, swathe, swag
  • 2A string of 55 beads (one third of the rosary number) for counting prayers, or as a necklace.

    小念珠串(有55 颗珠子,即三分之一串《玫瑰经》念珠);项圈

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Usually no special color is prescribed for the beads of the various chaplets.
    • A special person or event in the Catholic tradition, or a beloved Catholic devotion inspires the choice of materials for each chaplet or set of rosary beads.
    Synonyms
    strand, rope, necklace, rosary
  • 3A metal support for the core of a hollow casting mold.

    (铸模的)金属芯撑,撑子

    Example sentencesExamples
    • To this end numerous metal ‘core pins' or ‘chaplets ' are pushed through the wax shell to span the gap between the core and the outer mould.
    • If the design is such that there is insufficient support to hold the core in position, then metal supports called chaplets are used.
    • In addition, with the one-piece core, no chaplets are needed to support the core.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French chapelet, diminutive of chapel ‘hat’, based on late Latin cappa ‘cap’.

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