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thorns

/θɔːrnz/

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noun

Шипы, колючки

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. "

У куста розы было много колючек, поэтому я надел перчатки, чтобы защитить руки во время обрезки.

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noun

Шипы

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

Examples :

"the cockspur thorn"

петушиный шип

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noun

Шипы, колючки

That which pricks or annoys; anything troublesome.

Examples :

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

Работа с грубыми клиентами может быть одним из многих шипов работы в розничной торговле.

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

В учебнике истории объяснялось, что буква «Þ» использовалась в древнеанглийском языке для обозначения звуков, которые мы сейчас пишем как «th».

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verb

Протыкать, колоть

To pierce with, or as if with, a thorn

Examples :

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

Шипы розового куста проткнули ей палец, когда она потянулась за цветком.