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thorns

/θɔːrnz/

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noun

棘

A sharp protective spine of a plant.

Examples :

"The rose bush had many thorns, so I wore gloves to protect my hands while pruning it. "

バラの茂みにはたくさんの棘があったので、剪定中に手を保護するために手袋をしました。

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noun

棘

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

Examples :

"the cockspur thorn"

鶏冠棘

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noun

棘

That which pricks or annoys; anything troublesome.

Examples :

"Dealing with rude customers can be one of the many thorns of working in retail. "

失礼な顧客への対応は、小売業で働くことの多くの棘の一つとなりえます。

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noun

文字 Þ, þ

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).

Examples :

"The history textbook explained that the letter "thorns" (þ) was used in Old English to represent sounds we now write as "th." "

歴史の教科書は、古英語で「thorns」（þ）という文字が、現在「th」と書く音を表すために使われていたと説明した。

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verb

棘で刺す

To pierce with, or as if with, a thorn

Examples :

"The rose bush thorns thorned her finger when she reached for a bloom. "

彼女が花に手を伸ばしたとき、バラの茂みの棘が彼女の指を刺した。