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Frankincense is a hard, sticky stuff that comes from the sap of certain trees. When you burn it, it makes a sweet, heavy smell. People have burned it for a very long time at religious ceremonies — in temples, in churches, and in old stories. Many English speakers know it from Christmas: in the story of Jesus’ birth, visitors bring gold, frankincense, and . It is not an everyday shopping word; you meet it in religion, history, and Christmas. It is one special kind of incense (a tree resin), not a spray or a perfume.
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組成From Old French franc encens, “noble incense”: franc (noble, pure) + encens (incense).
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- incensethe second half; incense is the wider word for something you burn for its smell
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
frankincensenoun/ˈfɹæŋkənˌsɛns/
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A type of incense obtained from the Boswellia thurifera tree.
- The glories of Mary held his soul captive : spikenard and myrrh and frankincense, symbolising the preciousness of God's gifts to her soul, rich garments, symbolising her royal lineage, her emblems, the lateflowering plant and lateblossoming tree, symbolising the agelong gradual growth of her cultus among men.
- Frankincense, Frankenstein, Francophile, Philistine / Frankly, we are killing time
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。