thorny

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a. 多刺的, 令人苦恼的

发音

UK /ˈθɔːni/
其它
US /ˈθɔɹni/

词形变化

thornier 比较级 thornier thorniest thorniest 最高级

教材释义与例句

形容词

多刺的；痛苦的；令人苦恼的

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Having thorns or spines.

  2. 2.

    Troublesome or vexatious.

    棘手

    难缠

    麻烦

    比喻

    thorny issues

  3. 3.

    Aloof and irritable.

    比喻

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 10

barbed prickly spiny barbellate briary briery bristled bristly burry setaceous

近义相关 3

hard difficult armed

相关短语

thorny lacewing thorny lacewings thorny oyster thorny oysters thorny worm thorny broom thorny brooms thorny worms thorny devil thorny devils

词源

From Middle English thorny, þorny, þorni, from Old English þorniġ, from Proto-West Germanic *þornag. By surface analysis, thorn + -y.

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