thorn

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n. 刺, 棘, 荆棘

发音

UK /θɔːn/
US /θoɹn/
US /θo̞ɹn/
SCOT /θɔɹn/
SCOT /θɔːɹn/
/θɔːɹn/
/θɔːn/

词形变化

thorns 复数 thorns thorned thorning thorns 三单 thorning 现在分词 thorned 过去式 thorned 过去分词

别名

þorn

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A modified branch that is hard and sharp like a spike.

    生物 植物学
  2. 2.

    Any thorn-like structure on plants, such as the spine and the prickle.

    枝刺

    茎刺

    刺

  3. 3.

    Any shrub or small tree that bears thorns, especially a hawthorn.

    荆棘

    the white thorn

    the cockspur thorn

  4. 4.

    That which pricks or annoys; anything troublesome.

    比喻
  5. 5.

    A letter of Latin script (capital: Þ, small: þ), borrowed from the futhark; today used only in Icelandic to represent the voiceless dental fricative, but originally used in several early Germanic scripts, including Old English where it represented the dental fricatives that are today written th (Old English did not have phonemic voicing distinctions for fricatives).

    See also Etymology of ye (definite article).

v.
  1. 1.

    To pierce with, or as if with, a thorn (sharp pointed object).

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

spine sticker irritant pricker prickle

上位词 10

pain bother nuisance rune annoyance infliction aculeus botheration pain in the ass pain in the neck

下位词 2

glochid glochidium

相关短语

thorn in someone's side thorn in the flesh thorn apple [医] 曼陀罗 thorn apples thorn tree thorn forest thorn forests thorn cluster thorn trees thorn clusters thorn veld thorn veldt Christ's thorn n. [植]滨枣 bastard umbrella thorn

词源

From Middle English thorn, þorn, from Old English þorn, from Proto-West Germanic *þorn, from Proto-Germanic *þurnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós, from *(s)ter- (“stiff”). Cognates Near cognates include West Frisian toarn, Low German Doorn, Dutch doorn, German Dorn, Danish and Norwegian torn, Swedish torn, törne, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌿𐍃 (þaurnus). Further cognates include Old Church Slavonic трънъ (trŭnŭ, “thorn”), Russian тёрн (tjorn), Polish cierń, Kamkata-viri taňi, tai (“thorn”), Sanskrit तृण (tṛ́ṇa, “grass”).

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