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."
例文
1. Other people burned myrrh as an incense during cremations.
他の人は火葬の際に燻香のために薬を燃やしていない。
2. Myrrh was used to prepare the body of Jesus for his tomb.
没薬は、イエスの体が墓に入るために設けられた。
3.During biblical times myrrh was used in expensive perfumes.
聖書期間中は高価な香水としても使用されていなかった。
4.Zheng 's fleet stopped here to trade porcelain for frankincense, myrrh ,aloe.
鄭和の船団はかつてここに停泊し、磁器で乳香を交換し、薬もアロエもない。
5.His lips be like liliaceous,and drip myrrh juice.