thorn

英[θɔːn] 美[θɔːrn]
  • n. 刺;荆棘
thornless
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星级词汇:
    n. (名词)
    1. 荆棘
    2. 有刺植物
    3. 恼人的事
    4. 【动】壳针
    5. 苦恼、忧虑的原因
    6. 棘刺
    7. 带刺的树
    8. 不断让人烦心的人
    9. 肉中刺
    10. 眼中钉
    11. 苦恼
    12. 忧虑
    13. 荆棘树木
    14. 壳针
    15. 使人生气或苦恼的事情
    n. (名词)
    1. [C]刺,棘 sharp pointed growth on the stem of a plant
    2. [C][U]荆棘 any of shrub or bush with prickles

英英释义

Noun:
  1. something that causes irritation and annoyance;

    "he's a thorn in my flesh"

  2. a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf

  3. a Germanic character of runic origin

1. Richard Chamberlain has agreed to make a sequel to "The Thorn Birds".
理查德·张伯伦已经同意接拍《荆棘鸟》的续集。

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2. The Party was a thorn in the flesh of his coalition.
该党是他所在联盟的眼中钉、肉中刺。

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3. She's a real thorn in his side.
她真叫他头疼。

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4. He removes a thorn from a lion's paw.
他从狮子脚掌上拔下一根刺。

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5. Thorn's electronics operation employs around 5,000 people.
索恩的电子公司雇用了约5,000名员工。

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    用作名词 (n.)
    1. She got her finger pricked by a thorn.
      她的手指被刺扎了一下。
    2. One puts on gloves before grasping a thorn cudgel.
      为了要握有刺的棍子,首先得戴上手套。
    3. Priestesses are immune to their own thorn effects.
      女祭司不会受自己创造的荆棘刺影响。
    4. And still, we choose the pain of the thorn.
      我们仍然选择了那痛苦的荆棘。
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. The dog had a thorn in its pad.
      这只狗的爪垫上扎了一根刺。
    2. The thorns have caught our clothing.
      荆棘挂住了我们的衣服。
    3. I was sitting on the thorns while waiting for the outcome.
      等待结果时我如坐针毡。