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thorn n.刺；荆棘 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-). 【记】音：松，类似松树有带松针(刺)的植物

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[θɔ:n] 【英】 n. 刺(a small sharp pointed growth on the stem of a plant)【考】 反义词: smooth(光滑的)【同】 派生词: thorny(多刺的) 无

单词	thorn
音标	[θɔ:n]
解释	n.刺；荆棘
红宝书	【英】 n. 刺(a small sharp pointed growth on the stem of a plant) 【考】反义词: smooth(光滑的) 【同】派生词: thorny(多刺的)
字源	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-).
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趣味全助记	【记】音：松，类似松树有带松针(刺)的植物

Thorn Stem Thorny Plant Cognates German Dorn Blade