英语词汇“thorn”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

thorn1

/θɔːn

noun

1A stiff, sharp-pointed woody projection on the stem or other part of a plant.Roses ramble over walls, branches stiff with thorns and laden with huge blossoms....

Certain plants have developed thorns to prevent themselves from being devoured and they work equally well as deterrents for humans too.
Here in south Texas, where the mesquite brush and most other native plants have thorns and where not a few critters have a mean bite, it helps to be tough.

Synonyms

prickle, spike, barb, spine, bristle

technical spicule

1.1A source of discomfort, annoyance, or difficulty; an irritation or obstacle: the issue has become a thorn in renewing the peace talks...

Why do our love lives have to be a winding road full of obstacles and thorns?
A friend and I were sitting around commiserating about the things that get to us: unloading small indignities, comparing thorns.
His visits to the shrine have been a thorn that is increasingly irritating relations between the two countries.

2 (also thorn bush or thorn tree) A thorny bush, shrub, or tree, especially a hawthorn.‘They threw me over the back of a camel and told me they would kill me if I cried,’ he said, sitting quietly under a thorn tree on the outskirts of Turalei....

Instead of a well-equipped school their children are taught beneath the shade of a thorn tree.
When he reached Glastonbury he planted his staff, which then took root and grew into a thorn tree.

3An Old English and Icelandic runic letter, þ or Þ, representing the dental fricatives ð and θ. It was eventually superseded by the digraph th. Compare with eth.Similarly, thorn may represent either a voiceless or a voiced sound: compare the current use of the digraph th in three and these.

So named from the word of which it was the first letter

4A yellowish-brown woodland moth which rests with the wings raised over the back, with twig-like caterpillars.

Ennomos and other genera, family Geometridae.

Phrases

there is no rose without a thorn

a thorn in someone's side (or flesh)

Derivatives

thorned

adjective ...

She has applied for cash from the committee to buy hawthorn and other thorned bushes, which would be planted around the cemetery's borders.
There are more than 1,500 kinds of plants in these forests, including 19 kinds of rare plants such as the thorned cyathea spinulosa, the Chinese double-fan fern, the Chinese goose-palm catalpa and the yinque tree.
Huddled behind thorned bushes and high grass, the families watched as their huts - including one for grain storage - were burned.

thornless

/ˈθɔːnləs/ adjective ...

While the species is thorny in its native habitat, many cultivars are thornless, though not all.
While citrus grown from seed may come true - that is, be identical to the mother tree - many gardeners plant grafted trees to ensure a good-eating fruit, quicker production and a thornless tree.
It often forms dense thickets, and these are often thorny, since thornless cultivars appear to retain genes for thorniness that may be expressed as genes recombine in their progeny.

thornlike

adjective ...

The sharp, thornlike spines along its leaves arch away from the leaf tip instead of towards it.
It outcompetes forage grasses, and its thornlike prickles pose a threat to workers picking vegetable crops in infested areas.
There are 4 rows of these on each side, from the vent rearward, with an equal number of rows of thornlike spines, the latter close set and directed rearward.

thornproof

/ˈθɔːnpruːf/ adjective ...

I could've worn my jacket, it was quite thornproof, but in that heat it just wasn't worth unrolling it.
But in the summer heat you certainly don't want to be hauling a full-weight thornproof outfit around.
The tubes can be easily replaced with thornproof or solid rubber tubes which we carry in stock.

Origin

Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch doorn and German Dorn.

One of the earliest recorded Old English words, first found before ad 700. A thorn in the side or thorn in the flesh is a source of continual annoyance or trouble. Both expressions are of biblical origin. The Old Testament book of Numbers has a verse which reads: ‘Those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.’ In the New Testament the Second Epistle to the Corinthians has: ‘And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me.’ See also rose

Rhymes

Thorn2

/toːɐn

German name for Toruń.

单词	thorn
释义	thorn1 /θɔːn / noun 1A stiff, sharp-pointed woody projection on the stem or other part of a plant.Roses ramble over walls, branches stiff with thorns and laden with huge blossoms.... Certain plants have developed thorns to prevent themselves from being devoured and they work equally well as deterrents for humans too. Here in south Texas, where the mesquite brush and most other native plants have thorns and where not a few critters have a mean bite, it helps to be tough. Synonyms prickle, spike, barb, spine, bristle technical spicule 1.1A source of discomfort, annoyance, or difficulty; an irritation or obstacle: the issue has become a thorn in renewing the peace talks... Why do our love lives have to be a winding road full of obstacles and thorns? A friend and I were sitting around commiserating about the things that get to us: unloading small indignities, comparing thorns. His visits to the shrine have been a thorn that is increasingly irritating relations between the two countries. 2 (also thorn bush or thorn tree) A thorny bush, shrub, or tree, especially a hawthorn.‘They threw me over the back of a camel and told me they would kill me if I cried,’ he said, sitting quietly under a thorn tree on the outskirts of Turalei.... Instead of a well-equipped school their children are taught beneath the shade of a thorn tree. When he reached Glastonbury he planted his staff, which then took root and grew into a thorn tree. 3An Old English and Icelandic runic letter, þ or Þ, representing the dental fricatives ð and θ. It was eventually superseded by the digraph th. Compare with eth.Similarly, thorn may represent either a voiceless or a voiced sound: compare the current use of the digraph th in three and these. So named from the word of which it was the first letter 4A yellowish-brown woodland moth which rests with the wings raised over the back, with twig-like caterpillars. Ennomos and other genera, family Geometridae. Phrases there is no rose without a thorn a thorn in someone's side (or flesh) Derivatives thorned adjective ... She has applied for cash from the committee to buy hawthorn and other thorned bushes, which would be planted around the cemetery's borders. There are more than 1,500 kinds of plants in these forests, including 19 kinds of rare plants such as the thorned cyathea spinulosa, the Chinese double-fan fern, the Chinese goose-palm catalpa and the yinque tree. Huddled behind thorned bushes and high grass, the families watched as their huts - including one for grain storage - were burned. thornless /ˈθɔːnləs/ adjective ... While the species is thorny in its native habitat, many cultivars are thornless, though not all. While citrus grown from seed may come true - that is, be identical to the mother tree - many gardeners plant grafted trees to ensure a good-eating fruit, quicker production and a thornless tree. It often forms dense thickets, and these are often thorny, since thornless cultivars appear to retain genes for thorniness that may be expressed as genes recombine in their progeny. thornlike adjective ... The sharp, thornlike spines along its leaves arch away from the leaf tip instead of towards it. It outcompetes forage grasses, and its thornlike prickles pose a threat to workers picking vegetable crops in infested areas. There are 4 rows of these on each side, from the vent rearward, with an equal number of rows of thornlike spines, the latter close set and directed rearward. thornproof /ˈθɔːnpruːf/ adjective ... I could've worn my jacket, it was quite thornproof, but in that heat it just wasn't worth unrolling it. But in the summer heat you certainly don't want to be hauling a full-weight thornproof outfit around. The tubes can be easily replaced with thornproof or solid rubber tubes which we carry in stock. Origin Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch doorn and German Dorn. One of the earliest recorded Old English words, first found before ad 700. A thorn in the side or thorn in the flesh is a source of continual annoyance or trouble. Both expressions are of biblical origin. The Old Testament book of Numbers has a verse which reads: ‘Those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.’ In the New Testament the Second Epistle to the Corinthians has: ‘And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me.’ See also rose Rhymes adorn, born, borne, bourn, Braun, brawn, corn, dawn, drawn, faun, fawn, forborne, forewarn, forlorn, freeborn, lawn, lorn, morn, mourn, newborn, Norn, outworn, pawn, prawn, Quorn, sawn, scorn, Sean, shorn, spawn, suborn, sworn, thrawn, torn, Vaughan, warn, withdrawn, worn, yawn Thorn2 /toːɐn / German name for Toruń.
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