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thorn

/θɔːn/ /θɔɹn/

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noun

가시

A sharp protective spine of a plant.

Examples :

"The rose bush has a thorn on its stem, so be careful when you pick the flowers. "

장미 덤불은 줄기에 가시가 있으니 꽃을 꺾을 때 조심하세요.

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noun

가시

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

Examples :

"the cockspur thorn"

닭의 가시

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noun

가시, 골칫거리

That which pricks or annoys; anything troublesome.

Examples :

"The constant arguing between siblings was a thorn in their mother's side. "

형제자매 간의 끊임없는 다툼은 어머니에게 골칫거리였다.

nature plant negative thing situation

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noun

문자 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 student struggled to decipher the Old English text, noticing the unfamiliar thorn letter. "

학생은 낯선 문자 Þ를 알아차리며, 고대 영어 텍스트를 해독하느라 애썼다.

language linguistics phonetics writing grammar word

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verb

찌르다, 가시로 찌르다

To pierce with, or as if with, a thorn

Examples :

"The sharp twig thorned my finger, making it bleed. "

날카로운 잔가지가 내 손가락을 찔러 피가 났다.

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