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corona

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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co·ro·na /kəˈrəʊnə $ -ˈroʊ-/ noun [countable]  HAthe shining circle of light seen around the Sun when the Moon passes in front of it in an eclipse 日冕
Examples from the Corpus
coronaThe sun was just catching the summit of the opposite hillside, making a corona of light over the towering cypresses.Ought he to deal out a full corona pattern?It was immediately surrounded by a glowing octarine corona as the rising magical wind roared past.Around them, in a sun's corona, severed legs and arms.The flare-like component of a stellar corona is, of course, spectrally harder than the active-region-like component.The older and rougher the lines, the greater the corona.
nCorona trademark  na type of Mexican beer, sold especially in the US and also available in the UKOrigin corona (1500-1600) Latin → CROWN1
co·ro·na nounCoronaLDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable
around the Corpus light of seen shining circle


corona
corona /kəˈrəʊnə $ -ˈroʊ-/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: Latin
 Origin: crown1
the shining circle of light seen around the sun when the moon passes in front of it in an eclipse


Corona
Corona trademark
a type of Mexican beer, sold especially in the US and also available in the UK


cor·onaBrE /ˈrəʊ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈroʊ/ 🔊 noun (
plural
co·ro·nae BrE /kəˈrəʊniː/ 🔊 NAmE /kəˈroʊniː/ 🔊
)
(astronomy 天文学) (also informal halo)
a ring of light seen around the sun or moon, especially during an eclipse 华;(尤指在日食或月食期间的)日冕,日华,月华