myrrh

• n. 没药（热带树脂，可作香料、药材）；[植] 没药树

来自希腊语murrha,来自闪族语系三字母根m-r-r,苦的，词源同myrtle.一种能分泌芳香树脂的灌木，因其树脂味道偏苦而得名。这种树脂在西方常被视为神药。参照百度百科。

myrrh (n.)

Old English myrre, from Latin myrrha (also source of Dutch mirre, German Myrrhe, French myrrhe, Italian, Spanish mirra), from Greek myrrha, from a Semitic source (compare Akkadian murru, Hebrew mor, Arabic murr "myrrh"), from a root meaning "was bitter."

1. Other people burned myrrh as an incense during cremations.

其他人在火葬的时候燃烧没药作为熏香之用.

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2. Myrrh was used to prepare the body of Jesus for his tomb.

没药是为耶稣的身体进入坟墓而设的.

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3. During biblical times myrrh was used in expensive perfumes.

在圣经期间,没药也用作昂贵的香水.

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4. Zheng's fleet stopped here to trade porcelain for frankincense , myrrh, aloe.

郑和的船队曾经停靠在此,以瓷器交换乳香 、 没药与芦荟.

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5. His lips be like liliaceous, and drip myrrh juice.

他的嘴唇像百合花, 且滴下没药汁.

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