thorn

英 [θɔːn] 美[θɔrn]

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近义词sticker spike bristle bur prickle burr point needle spine spicule barb brier

n. 刺；[植] 荆棘
n. (Thorn)人名；(柬)通；(英)索恩；(法、德、丹、瑞典)托恩

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中文词源

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.

词态变化

复数: thorns;

英文词源

thorn: thorn: [OE] Thorn is an ancient word, which goes all the way back to an Indo-European *trnus. The Germanic descendant of this was *thurnuz, which evolved into German dorn, Dutch doorn, Swedish and Danish torn, and English thorn.
thorn (n.): Old English þorn "sharp point on a stem or branch," earlier "thorny tree or plant," from Proto-Germanic *thurnuz (cognates: Old Saxon, Old Frisian thorn, Dutch doorn, Old High German dorn, German Dorn, Old Norse þorn, Gothic þaurnus), from PIE *trnus (cognates: Old Church Slavonic trunu "thorn," Sanskrit trnam "blade of grass," Greek ternax "stalk of the cactus," Irish trainin "blade of grass"), from *(s)ter-n- "thorny plant," from root *ster- (1) "stiff" (see stark).

Figurative sense of "anything which causes pain" is recorded from early 13c. (thorn in the flesh is from II Cor. xii:7). Also an Anglo-Saxon and Icelandic runic letter (þ), named for the word of which it was the initial (see -th-).

双语例句

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。

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。

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

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

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。

英英释意

1. something that causes irritation and annoyance;: "he's a thorn in my flesh"

2. a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf

3. a Germanic character of runic origin

实用场景例句

Roses will always have thorns but with care they can be avoided.: 玫瑰花上都有刺，不过只要小心就碰不到。

...the shade of a thorn bush.: 一丛荆棘下的阴凉

...the thorn and bramble thickets.: 荆棘密布的灌木丛

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

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。

No house without a mouse, no barn without corn, no rose without a thorn.: 没有家没有老鼠, 没有牲口棚没有玉米, 没有不带刺的玫瑰.

He was a thorn in the police's flesh.: 他是警方的眼中钉.

It is the thorn he has got.: 这是他的忧愁和苦恼.

Priestesses are immune to their own thorn effects.: 女祭司不会受自己创造的荆棘刺影响.

Like thine, when best he sings , is placed against a thorn.: 与你相似, 最佳时刻是被荆棘刺穿的时刻.

What is the reason , the thorn in your eye?: 什么使我成为你眼中的刺?

He pricked himself on a thorn.: 他被刺刺到.

" A thorn,'said the sailor, when no one could guess.: 当大家都猜不出时,水手就说: “ 一根刺. ”

When you a hand selects the beautiful fresh flower, the thorn will simultaneously stab your hand.: 在你伸手摘取美丽的鲜花时, 荆棘同时会刺伤你的手.

Emperor Qianlong was not careful to eat when the thorn to the cusp.: 乾隆皇帝吃的时候一不小心被尖角刺到了.

The dog had a thorn in its pad.: 这只狗的爪垫上扎了根刺.

Professor Emerson Sillerton was a thorn in the side of Newport society.: 爱默森·西勒顿教授是新港上流社会的眼中钉.

The biggest thorn in the Prime Minister's side is inflation.: 最使首相苦恼的问题是通货膨胀.

The thorn pricked my finger.: 那根刺刺到我的手指.

I wonder why I become a thorn in their flesh. I've never harmed them.: 不知为什么我成了他们的眼中钉了. 我可从未错待过他们.

Thorn, already satisfied that he had identified Abner's character, did not raise his voice.: 索恩自信已经看透了艾布纳的性格, 所以也不抬高嗓门.

It was to be a thorn in the side of the Dutch.: 它将是荷兰人的苦恼.

Every rise have its thorn : you never find a woman without pin and needle.: 朵朵蔷薇均有刺; 女人无一不带针.

The little boy stepped on a sharp thorn.: 那小男孩踩着了一根尖刺.

There's no rose without a thorn.: 玫瑰皆有刺(快乐之中有痛苦).

Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?: 2你能用绳索穿它的鼻子吗 .能用钩穿它的腮骨吗 .

A thorn in one's side.: 眼中钉,肉中刺.

He was then sat on thorn and waited for you.: 他当时如坐针毡,焦急地等待著你.

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