Thorn



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 刺; 荆棘
• ［英］ n. 刺 ( a small sharp pointed growth on the stem of a plant)
• ［类］ 反义词: smooth ( 光滑的)
• ［同］ 派生词: thorny ( 多刺的)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Usage: often attributive
• Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German dorn thorn, Sanskrit t??a grass, blade of grass
• Date: before 12th century
• 1. a woody plant bearing sharp impeding processes (as prickles or spines); especially hawthorn
• 2.
  • a. a sharp rigid process on a plant; specifically a short, indurated, sharp-pointed, and leafless modified branch
  • b. any of various sharp spinose structures on an animal
• 3. the runic letter T used in Old English and Middle English to represent either of the fricatives \\th\\ or \\??\\ and in Icelandic to represent \\th\\
• 4. something that causes distress or irritation — often used in the phrase thorn in one's side
• ? thorned adjective
• ? thornless adjective
• ? thornlike adjective

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