中英互译

thorn

英 /θɔːn/美 /θɔːrn/

基本释义

n.
（植物茎上的）刺；带刺的灌木，荆棘；刺形符，字母 ð； <喻>使人苦恼（或生气）的事（或人），棘手的东西；霜尺蛾；（Thorn）托伦（波兰城市，Toruń 的德语名）
人名（Thorn）（英、法、德、丹、瑞典）托恩（人名）

复数thorns

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（植物茎上的）刺cn.
- Roses will always have thorns but with care they can be avoided.
  玫瑰总有刺，但是只要小心，还是可以避开刺。
带刺的灌木，荆棘n.
- There is a long, low hedge of thorns in my grandfather's garden.
  我祖父的花园里有一长排矮矮的荆棘树篱。
- We rest under the shade of a thorn bush.
  我们在一棵带刺灌木的树阴下休息。
刺形符，字母 ðcn.
- Thorn which may represent either a voiceless or a voiced sound is difficult to pronounce for many students.
  对于许多学生来说，可以表示清音或浊音的刺形符很难发音。
<喻>使人苦恼（或生气）的事（或人），棘手的东西cn.
- Who should do the housework has become a thorn between the young couple.
  谁来做家务成了这对年轻夫妇之间的棘手的问题。

The thorn of bone may dislodge from his throat without surgery.
也许不用动手术就能去除他喉咙卡着的那块骨刺。
Nightingale pressed closer against the thorn, and the thorn touched her heart, and a fierce pang of pain shot through her.
南丁格尔更加的靠近那个刺，刺碰到了她的心脏，一股剧烈的疼痛击穿了她的身体。
She fell to reflecting again, and in looking downwards, a thorn of the rose remaining in her breast accidentally pricked her chin.
她又陷入了沉思，向下看时，她戴在胸前的玫瑰花刺扎了一下她的下巴。

[植]刺；荆棘

adj.

thorny多刺的；痛苦的；令人苦恼的

刺

79.3%

荆棘

18.9%

棘

1.8%

n.
a sharp point on some plants and trees
（某些植物或树上的）刺，棘刺
- He removed a thorn from his foot.
  他从脚上拔下一根刺。

thorn刺，荆棘
来自古英语 thorn,刺，荆棘，来自 Proto-Germanic*thurnuz,刺，来自 PIE*stei,尖刺，尖木棍，词源同 stick,thistle.