a hooked staff carried by a bishop as a symbol of pastoral office (主教的)牧杖;权杖 ■the curled top of a young fern (蕨类植物的)嫩叶卷头
语源
Middle English (originally denoting the person who carried a processional cross in front of an archbishop): partly from Old French croisier 'cross-bearer', from crois 'cross', based on Latin crux; reinforced by Old French crocier 'bearer of a bishop's crook', from croce (see crosse)