Thorn
[θɔːn] or [θɔrn]
解释:
(n.) A hard and sharp-pointed projection from a woody stem; usually, a branch so transformed; a spine.
(n.) Any shrub or small tree which bears thorns; especially, any species of the genus Crataegus, as the hawthorn, whitethorn, cockspur thorn.
(n.) Fig.: That which pricks or annoys as a thorn; anything troublesome; trouble; care.
(n.) The name of the Anglo-Saxon letter /, capital form /. It was used to represent both of the sounds of English th, as in thin, then. So called because it was the initial letter of thorn, a spine.
(v. t.) To prick, as with a thorn.
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同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Spine, prickle.[2]. Annoyance, plague, nuisance, infliction, trouble, scourge, torment, bitter pill, curse, gall and wormwood.
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解释:
n. a sharp woody spine on the stem of a plant: a spine: a plant having spines or thorns: anything prickly or troublesome.—ns. Thorn′-app′le a plant of genus Datura: a haw a thorn-tree; Thorn′back a species of ray or skate which has nail-like crooked spines in its back; Thorn′bill a variety of humming-bird with short straight bill; Thorn′-bush a shrub producing thorns; Thorn′-hedge a hedge of hawthorn.—adjs. Thorn′less without thorns; Thorn′set set or beset with thorns; Thorn′y full of thorns: prickly: troublesome: harassing (A.S. thorniht).—Thorn in the flesh any cause of constant irritation from 2 Cor. xii. 7.
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娱乐性解释：
To dream of thorns, is an omen of dissatisfaction, and evil will surround every effort to advancement. If the thorns are hidden beneath green foliage, you prosperity will be interfered with by secret enemies.
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例句:
- Her resting-place was at a certain stile under a certain old thorn. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Stir them up with a thorn. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- A fire was burning under a pollard thorn a few paces off, over which three kettles hung in a row. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- I may not be as handsome as she is; I am not a fair judge of that question, I suppose; but I know I am handsome enough to be a thorn in her side. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- My precious thorn roots, the rarest of all firing, that I laid by on purpose for Christmas--you have burnt 'em nearly all! 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- The most enduring of all--steady unaltering eyes like Planets--signified wood, such as hazel-branches, thorn-faggots, and stout billets. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- By the road the black-thorn was in blossom, white and wet, its tiny amber grains burning faintly in the white smoke of blossom. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- In my quiet days, when I was my own man, I never quarrelled with the night for being long, nor cursed my bed for its thorns. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Try lower down, and pick those that have no thorns, said Amy, gathering three of the tiny cream-colored ones that starred the wall behind her. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- We have cleared away all the old thorns that grew in patches over the brow. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
- And some fell among thorns and the thorns sprung up and choked them. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- They have, also--which was far more interesting to me--a piece of the true cross, and some nails, and a part of the crown of thorns. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- They are sharp thorns, but they are such comfort. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- Perdita, I had said, some day you will discover that you have done wrong in again casting Raymond on the thorns of life. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
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