Briar
[braɪə] or ['braɪɚ]
解釋/意思:
(n.) Same as Brier.
(n.) A plant with a slender woody stem bearing stout prickles; especially, species of Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax.
(n.) Fig.: Anything sharp or unpleasant to the feelings.
手打:温迪
解釋/意思:
Same as Brier (1).
編輯:耶鲁
娱乐性解釋/意思：
To see yourself caught among briars, black enemies are weaving cords of calumny and perjury intricately around you and will cause you great distress, but if you succeed in disengaging yourself from the briars, loyal friends will come to your assistance in every emergency.
整理:皮尔斯
例句/造句/用法:
- This is you, who have been as slippery as an eel this last month, and as thorny as a briar-rose? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- But if Briar Chapel seemed alive, so also did Briarmains, though certainly the mansion appeared to enjoy a quieter phase of existence than the temple. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- A bleak back-ground of trees, some white linen hung out on the sweet-briar hedge, and a great waft of damp air. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- A field overgrown with briars and brambles, may frequently produce as great a quantity of vegetables as the best cultivated vineyard or corn field. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- There are briars besetting every path, Which call for patient care; There is a cross in every lot, And an earnest need for prayer. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- While Prussia was fighting Austria, Napoleon III was trying to escape with dignity from the briars of Mexico. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
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