Thistle
['θɪs(ə)l] or ['θɪsl]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves.
克拉拉錄入--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) Any one of several prickly composite plants, especially those of the genera Cnicus, Craduus, and Onopordon. The name is often also applied to other prickly plants.
科琳錄入
解釋/意思:
n. a genus of prickly plants.—n. This′tle-down the tufted feathery bristles of the seeds of the thistle.—adj. This′tly overgrown with thistles.
校對:克劳斯
例句/造句/用法:
- A weed like the Russian thistle, for instance, will defy all usual means for its extermination. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Why is the Thistle the Emblem of Scotland? 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- At the same time a slight wind arose, and at the moment of totality the atmosphere was filled with thistle-down and other light articles. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Ever since that time the thistle has been made the insignia of Scotland. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- There was a thistle which pricked him vividly, but not too much, because all his movements were too discriminate and soft. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- As new as eating thistles, would have been an answer to represent Mr. Casaubon's feelings. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- I am not fond of nettles or thistles, or heath blossoms. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- They were flowing for the fertilization of the land where grapes are gathered from thorns, and figs from thistles. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- He no more gathers grapes from thorns or figs from thistles than older men did in old times. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- I have certainly got thistles for figs in a worldly sense, but how could I tell what time would bring forth? 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Among these are kaffir corn, sorghum, alfalfa, clover, millet, cowpeas, soy-beans, sugar beets, oats and even weeds and thistles. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
錄入:索尔