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thorn

/θɔːn/ /θɔɹn/

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noun

Шип, колючка

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. "

У куста розы на стебле шип, поэтому будьте осторожны, когда будете срывать цветы.

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noun

Колючка

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

Examples :

"the cockspur thorn"

петушиная колючка

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noun

Шип, колючка, неприятность

That which pricks or annoys; anything troublesome.

Examples :

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

Постоянные споры между братьями и сестрами были неприятностью для их матери.

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noun

Буква 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. "

Студент пытался расшифровать древнеанглийский текст, заметив незнакомую букву Þ.

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verb

Протыкать, колоть

To pierce with, or as if with, a thorn

Examples :

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

Острый сучок проткнул мой палец, заставив его кровоточить.

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