thorns是什么意思？

thorns

英[θɔ:nz] 美[θɔnz]

• n. （玫瑰之类植物的）刺( thorn的名词复数 )，棘刺，带刺的树，荆棘；

例句

• They had to stop to pick out thorns from their feet. 他们只得停下来把脚上的刺拔去。
• They swept a road through the thistles and thorns. 他们在荆棘丛中清除出一条道路。
• A mile more of chastising thorns, burs and briers that catch at our clothes. 接下来的一里路，到处都有刺人的荆条，刺果和棘木钩住我们的衣服。
• If you lie upon roses when young, you'll lie upon thorns when old. 年青时躺在玫瑰上，老年时就会躺在荆棘上。
• No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown. 没有劳动没有收获。
• It was damp and smelly and overgrown with thorns and briars. 那里很潮湿和臭,长满了多刺的植物和荆棘.
• I was sitting on the thorns while waiting for the outcome. 等待结果时我如坐针毡.
• We win half the battle when we make up our minds to take the world as we find it, including the thorns. 当我们下定决心面对世界上所有事物，包括荆棘难题，就已经打赢了半场战役。
• 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。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  (某些植物、树木上的)刺，棘刺
  Thorns are the sharp points on some plants and trees, for example on a rose bush.
  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。
• N-VAR
  荆棘;带刺的树;带刺小灌木
  A thorn or a thorn bush or a thorn tree is a bush or tree which has a lot of thorns on it.
  例句
  ...the shade of a thorn bush. 一丛荆棘下的阴凉 ...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 a thorn in your side or a thorn in your flesh, you mean that they are a continuous problem to you or annoy you.
  例句
  She's a real thorn in his side... 她真叫他头疼。 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。