thorn

英 [θɔːn]

美 [θɔːrn]

n. (玫瑰之类植物的)刺，棘刺; 带刺的树; 荆棘; 刺形符，字母ð(古英语和古冰岛语用的字母，表示 /θ/ 和 /ð/ 的发音，后书写为th)

复数：thorns　现在分词：thorning　过去式：thorned　

Collins.1 / BNC.9881 / COCA.11159

习惯用语

a thorn in sb's flesh/side

不断让人烦心的人（或事）；肉中刺；眼中钉
a person or thing that repeatedly annoys sb or stops them from doing sth

noun

（玫瑰之类植物的）刺，棘刺
a small sharp pointed part on the stem of some plants, such as roses
带刺的树；荆棘
a tree or bush that has thorns
刺形符，字母ð（古英语和古冰岛语用的字母，表示 /θ/ 和 /ð/ 的发音，后书写为th）
the letter that was used in Old English and Icelandic to represent the sounds /θ/ and /ð/ and later written as th

N-COUNT (某些植物、树木上的)刺，棘刺
Thornsare the sharp points on some plants and trees, for example on a rose bush.
1. Roses will always have thorns but with care they can be avoided.
  玫瑰花上都有刺，不过只要小心就碰不到。
N-VAR 荆棘;带刺的树;带刺小灌木
Athornor athorn bushor athorn treeis a bush or tree which has a lot of thorns on it.
1. ...the shade of a thorn bush.
  一丛荆棘下的阴凉
2. ...the thorn and bramble thickets.
  荆棘密布的灌木丛
PHRASE 肉中刺;长期困扰的问题
If you describe someone or something as athorn inyoursideora thorn inyourflesh, you mean that they are a continuous problem to you or annoy you.
1. She's a real thorn in his side...
  她真叫他头疼。
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。

noun

something that causes irritation and annoyance
1. he's a thorn in my flesh
Synonym:irritant
a Germanic character of runic origin
a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
Synonym:spineprickleprickerstickerspikelet

He was a thorn in the police's flesh.
他是警方的眼中钉。
He had stepped on a thorn.
他踩着了一根荆棘。
The thorn went deep into the flesh of my hand.
那根刺深深地扎进我手上的肉里。
The thorn of bone may dislodge from his throat without surgery.
也许不用动手术就能去除他喉咙卡着的那块骨刺。
A toe falls off and lies like the tip of a rose thorn on her palm.
一个脚趾头掉了下来，落在她掌中就好像一个玫瑰刺头。
He's a relative of course, but a thorn in our flesh. I wish he could emigrate.
他当然是亲戚，但也是我们的肉中刺。我但愿他也能移居到国外去。
Thorn roses and thistle and pears.
还有刺玫瑰，大蓟和梨树。
Scrawny cattle; scrubby cut-over pine; old stunted thorn trees.
瘦骨如柴的牛；矮小的被砍断的松树；老而矮小的荆棘。
The dog had a thorn in its pad.
这只狗的爪垫上扎了一根刺。
He felt his skin scratched by the thorn.
他觉得皮肤被刺划伤了。