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thorns

/θɔːrnz/

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noun

刺，荆棘

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. "

这棵玫瑰灌木上有很多刺，所以我修剪的时候戴了手套来保护我的手。

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noun

荆棘，刺。

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

Examples :

"the cockspur thorn"

鸡爪黄杨

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noun

荆棘，芒刺。

That which pricks or annoys; anything troublesome.

Examples :

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

在零售业工作，应对粗鲁的顾客可能是诸多烦恼之一。

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noun

刺符

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." "

历史教科书解释说，古英语用字母“刺符”(þ)来表示我们现在写作“th”的发音。

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verb

刺，扎.

To pierce with, or as if with, a thorn

Examples :

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

当她伸手摘花的时候，玫瑰丛的刺扎了她的手指。