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caltrop/ˈkæltrəp/n. (also 亦作 caltrap) 1 hist. a four-spiked iron ball thrown on the ground to impede cavalry horses [史义] (用来阻挡骑兵的)铁蒺藜 2 Heraldry a representation of this 【纹章学】铁蒺藜(图形) 3 any creeping plant of the genus Tribulus, with woody carpels usu. having hard spines 矢车菊；蒺藜；欧菱(蒺藜属蔓生植物) [(sense 3) Old English calcatrippe from medieval Latin calcatrippa: (senses 1 － 2) Middle English from Old French chauchetrape from chauchier ‘tread’, trappe ‘trap’: ultimately the same word, perhaps from Latin calx ‘heel’ + a base meaning ‘trap’ (cf. TRAP1)] |