thorn
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
词态变化
复数: thorns;
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.
英英释意
- 1. something that causes irritation and annoyance;
- "he's a thorn in my flesh"
- 2. a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf
- 3. a Germanic character of runic origin
英文词源
- 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-).
词组搭配
on thorns
continuously uneasy, especially in fear of being detected
焦虑不安，如坐针毡（尤指担心被察觉）
there is no rose without a thorn
(proverb)every apparently desirable situation has its share of trouble or difficulty
(谚)没有无刺的玫瑰；世上没有十全十美的事；有乐必有苦
a thorn in someone's side (或 flesh)
a source of continual annoyance or trouble
经常使人苦恼（或生气）的事（或人）
the pastor has long been a thorn in the side of the regime.
这个牧师长期以来一直是令这个政权头疼的人物。
实用场景例句
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...the shade of a thorn bush.
- 一丛荆棘下的阴凉
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...the thorn and bramble thickets.
- 荆棘密布的灌木丛
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- She's a real thorn in his side...
- 她真叫他头疼。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- No house without a mouse, no barn without corn, no rose without a thorn.
- 没有家没有老鼠, 没有牲口棚没有玉米, 没有不带刺的玫瑰.
期刊摘选
- He was a thorn in the police's flesh.
- 他是警方的眼中钉.
辞典例句
- It is the thorn he has got.
- 这是他的忧愁和苦恼.
期刊摘选
- Priestesses are immune to their own thorn effects.
- 女祭司不会受自己创造的荆棘刺影响.
期刊摘选
- Like thine, when best he sings , is placed against a thorn.
- 与你相似, 最佳时刻是被荆棘刺穿的时刻.
辞典例句
- What is the reason , the thorn in your eye?
- 什么使我成为你眼中的刺?
期刊摘选
- He pricked himself on a thorn.
- 他被刺刺到.
辞典例句
- " A thorn,'said the sailor, when no one could guess.
- 当大家都猜不出时,水手就说: “ 一根刺. ”
英汉非文学 - 民俗
- When you a hand selects the beautiful fresh flower, the thorn will simultaneously stab your hand.
- 在你伸手摘取美丽的鲜花时, 荆棘同时会刺伤你的手.
期刊摘选
- Emperor Qianlong was not careful to eat when the thorn to the cusp.
- 乾隆皇帝吃的时候一不小心被尖角刺到了.
期刊摘选
- The dog had a thorn in its pad.
- 这只狗的爪垫上扎了根刺.
《简明英汉词典》
- Professor Emerson Sillerton was a thorn in the side of Newport society.
- 爱默森·西勒顿教授是新港上流社会的眼中钉.
辞典例句
- The biggest thorn in the Prime Minister's side is inflation.
- 最使首相苦恼的问题是通货膨胀.
辞典例句
- The thorn pricked my finger.
- 那根刺刺到我的手指.
辞典例句
- I wonder why I become a thorn in their flesh. I've never harmed them.
- 不知为什么我成了他们的眼中钉了. 我可从未错待过他们.
期刊摘选
- Thorn, already satisfied that he had identified Abner's character, did not raise his voice.
- 索恩自信已经看透了艾布纳的性格, 所以也不抬高嗓门.
辞典例句
- It was to be a thorn in the side of the Dutch.
- 它将是荷兰人的苦恼.
辞典例句
- Every rise have its thorn : you never find a woman without pin and needle.
- 朵朵蔷薇均有刺; 女人无一不带针.
期刊摘选
- The little boy stepped on a sharp thorn.
- 那小男孩踩着了一根尖刺.
《简明英汉词典》
- There's no rose without a thorn.
- 玫瑰皆有刺(快乐之中有痛苦).
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
- 2你能用绳索穿它的鼻子 吗 .能用钩穿它的腮骨 吗 .
期刊摘选
- A thorn in one's side.
- 眼中钉,肉中刺.
期刊摘选
- He was then sat on thorn and waited for you.
- 他当时如坐针毡,焦急地等待著你.
期刊摘选