thorny是什么意思？

thorny

英[ˈθɔ:ni] 美[ˈθɔrni]

• adj. 多刺的，痛苦的，棘手的；

比较级：thornier;

最高级：thorniest;

例句

• The young captain is pondering over a thorny problem. 年轻的上尉正在思考一个棘手的问题。
• a thorny problem 棘手的问题
• The dog hurt one of its pad when it stepped upon a thorny path. 这只狗在踏上一条有荆棘的小路时,伤了一只爪垫。
• a thorny bush 多刺的灌木
• The dog hurt one of its pad when It'stepped upon a thorny path. 这只狗在踏上一条有荆棘的小路时,伤了一只爪垫.
• The boys argued over the thorny points in the lesson. 孩子们辩论功课中的难点.
• The roses are thorny. Take care not to prick your hands. 玫瑰有刺,小心扎手.
• Biometrics raise thorny questions about privacy and the potential for abuse. 生物测验学会引发一些有关隐私的棘手问题,同时它还有被滥用的可能.
• It is essential that we tackle this thorny problem. 我们很有必要处理这个棘手问题。
• ...the thorny issue of immigration policy... 移民政策这个棘手问题

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ
  (植物、树木)带刺的，多刺的
  A thorny plant or tree is covered with thorns.
  例句
  ...thorny hawthorn trees. 长满刺的山楂树
• ADJ-GRADED
  (问题)棘手的，复杂难解的，令人头疼的
  If you describe a problem as thorny, you mean that it is very complicated and difficult to solve, and that people are often unwilling to discuss it.
  例句
  ...the thorny issue of immigration policy... 移民政策这个棘手问题 It is essential that we tackle this thorny problem. 我们很有必要处理这个棘手问题。

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  多刺的;有刺的
  a thorny bush 多刺的灌木 The dog hurt one of its pad when it stepped upon a thorny path. 这只狗在踏上一条有荆棘的小路时,伤了一只爪垫。
  棘手的,难处理的,伤脑筋的
  a thorny problem 棘手的问题 The young captain is pondering over a thorny problem. 年轻的上尉正在思考一个棘手的问题。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. bristling with perplexities;
  "the thorny question of states' rights"
  2. having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.;
  "a horse with a short bristly mane""bristly shrubs""burred fruits""setaceous whiskers"