[N-COUNT 可数名词](某些植物、树木上的)刺,棘刺Thorns are the sharp points on some plants and trees, for example on a rose bush.
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。
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[N-VAR 可变名词]荆棘;带刺的树;带刺小灌木 A thorn or a thorn bush or a thorn tree is a bush or tree which has a lot of thorns on it.
...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
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[PHRASE 短语]肉中刺;长期困扰的问题 If you describe someone or something as a thorn in your side or a thorn in your flesh, you mean that they are a continuous problem to you or annoy you.
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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。
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thorn/θɔːn; NAmEθɔːrn/noun1a small sharp pointed part on the stemof some plants, such as roses(玫瑰之类植物的)刺,棘刺2a tree or bush that has thorns带刺的树;荆棘☞see also
blackthorn
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hawthorn
3( phonetics 语音) the letter that was used in Old English and Icelandic to represent the sounds /θ /and /ð /and later written as th刺形符,字母 ð (古英语和古冰岛语用的字母,表示 /θ /和 /ð /的发音,后书写为 th) IDIOMa thorn in sb's ˈflesh/ˈsidea person or thing that repeatedly annoys sb or stops them from doing sth 不断让人烦心的人(或事);肉中刺;眼中钉thornthornsthorn/θɔːn; NAmEθɔːrn/
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thornthorn /θɔːn $ θɔːrn/ ●○○ noun
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1[countable] a sharp point that grows on the stem of a plant such as a rose2[countable, uncountable] a bush or tree that has thorns: a long, low hedge of thorns3a thorn in somebody’s side someone or something that annoys you or causes problems for a long period of time: He’s been a thorn in the side of the party leadership for years.
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