词语释义

英 [θɔːn] 美 [θɔrn]

n. 刺；[植] 荆棘

n. (Thorn)人名；(柬)通；(英)索恩；(法、德、丹、瑞典)托恩

单词分析：

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英英释义

Noun:

something that causes irritation and annoyance;"he"s a thorn in my flesh"

a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf

a Germanic character of runic origin

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单词词源

中文词源

thorn 刺，荆棘

来自古英语 thorn,刺，荆棘，来自 Proto-Germanic*thurnuz,刺，来自 PIE*stei,尖刺，尖木棍， 词源同 stick,thistle.

英语词源

thorn

thorn: [OE] Thorn is an ancient word, which goes all the way back to an Indo-European *trnus. The Germanic descendant of this was *thurnuz, which evolved into German dorn, Dutch doorn, Swedish and Danish torn, and English thorn.

thorn (n.)

Old English þorn "sharp point on a stem or branch," earlier "thorny tree or plant," from Proto-Germanic *thurnuz (cognates: Old Saxon, Old Frisian thorn, Dutch doorn, Old High German dorn, German Dorn, Old Norse þorn, Gothic þaurnus), from PIE *trnus (cognates: Old Church Slavonic trunu "thorn," Sanskrit trnam "blade of grass," Greek ternax "stalk of the cactus," Irish trainin "blade of grass"), from *(s)ter-n- "thorny plant," from root *ster- (1) "stiff" (see stark).

Figurative sense of "anything which causes pain" is recorded from early 13c. (thorn in the flesh is from II Cor. xii:7). Also an Anglo-Saxon and Icelandic runic letter (þ), named for the word of which it was the initial (see -th-).

词态变化

复数 thorns;

权威造句

1. Richard Chamberlain has agreed to make a sequel to "The Thorn Birds".

理查德·张伯伦已经同意接拍《荆棘鸟》的续集。

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2. The Party was a thorn in the flesh of his coalition.

该党是他所在联盟的眼中钉、肉中刺。

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3. She's a real thorn in his side.

她真叫他头疼。

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4. He removes a thorn from a lion's paw.

他从狮子脚掌上拔下一根刺。

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5. Thorn's electronics operation employs around 5,000 people.

索恩的电子公司雇用了约5,000名员工。

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近反义词

thorn in sb.'s side 某人的眼中钉...

thorn in sb.'s flesh 某人的眼中钉...

thorn stone 钍石

thorn forest 热带旱生林

buck-thorn oil 鹿棘油

sloe thorn 黑刺李

thorn apple 曼陀罗

stem thorn 茎刺

Jerusalem thorn 扁叶轴木

thorn hedge 荆棘篱,刺篱...

thorn bush 多刺疏林

leaf thorn 叶刺

thorn woodland 多刺丛林

root thorn 根刺

be on thorns 如坐针毡

a thorn in sb.'s side 某人的眼中钉...

a thorn in sb.'s flesh 某人的眼中钉...

sit on thorns 如坐针毡

crown-of-thorns [动]棘冠星鱼(产于...

bed of thorns 令人担心的地位...

相似短语

The Thorn Birds 荆棘鸟 The Thorn Birds是Colleen McCullough(1977)的畅销小说另有同名电影和韩剧

thorn apple 曼陀曼

mysore thorn phr. 黏剌

cockspur thorn phr. 鸡瓜山楂

shoot thorn 枝刺

thorn hedge 刺篱，荆棘篱

thorn scrub 多刺高灌丛

Thorn test 【医】 索恩氏试验(检肾上腺皮质机能)

camel thorn 骆驼刺

sloe thorn 黑刺李