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  • 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)

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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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