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thorn

/θɔːn/ /θɔɹn/

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noun

刺，荆棘。

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. "

玫瑰树的茎上有刺，摘花的时候小心点。

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noun

刺, 荆棘

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

Examples :

"the cockspur thorn"

鸡距刺

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noun

刺，芒刺，烦恼的根源

That which pricks or annoys; anything troublesome.

Examples :

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

兄弟姐妹之间无休止的争吵是母亲心头的一根刺。

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noun

Þorn符，刺。

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. "

那个学生很费力地解读着古英语文本，注意到其中那个不常见的“Þorn符”字母。

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verb

刺，棘刺。

To pierce with, or as if with, a thorn

Examples :

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

那根尖锐的树枝刺进了我的手指，流血了。

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