thorn

noun

1. （玫瑰之类植物的）刺，棘刺
   a small sharp pointed part on the stem of some plants, such as roses
2. 带刺的树；荆棘
   a tree or bush that has thorns
3. 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

1. 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.
   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。
2. 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.
   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
3. 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.
   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。

1. He removes a thorn from a lion's paw.
   他从狮子脚掌上拔下一根刺。
2. 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。
3. 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。
4. She's a real thorn in his side
   她真叫他头疼。
5. 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。
6. 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。
7. The dog had a thorn in its pad.
   这只狗的爪垫上扎了一根刺。
8. He was a thorn in the police's flesh.
   他是警方的眼中钉。
9. I have thanked Thee a thousand times for my roses, but not once for my thorn.
   我曾为我的玫瑰感谢你过一千次，却没有为我的刺感谢你过一次。
10. I want my thorn into a flower.
    我愿我的荆棘变成花朵。
11. You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can be grateful that thorn bushes have roses.
    你可以抱怨玫瑰有刺，也可以感激灌木丛中有玫瑰。
12. Your Majesty, the farmer replied, my finger was pricked by a thorn on the pumpkin.
    陛下！农夫答道，我的手指被南瓜刺扎了一下。
13. But now you need a rest after being pricked by a little thorn on the pumpkin!
    现在让南瓜刺扎了一下就想歇息了！
14. The thorn went deep into the flesh of my hand.
    那根刺深深地扎进我手上的肉里。
15. The shepherd boldly examined the lion's feet and discovered the thorn.
    牧羊人大着胆子，仔细地检查狮子的脚，发现了那根刺。
16. However, I really hope that that thorn in the possession of the pain, I will never forget.
    可是，我真的很希望那种刺在身上的疼痛，让我永远不会忘记。
17. You either complain rose has thorns, or you appreciate thorn has rose.
    你或者抱怨玫瑰有刺，或者感激刺上有玫瑰。
18. Thorn not break the shield and what are thorn in the broken spear can not co-exist.
    刺不破的盾和什么东西都刺得破的矛不可能同时存在。
19. 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。
20. Some people be always grumble because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorn have roses.
    有人常常因蔷薇有刺而埋怨，我则因刺里有蔷薇而感激。
21. He had stepped on a thorn.
    他踩着了一根荆棘。
22. I wonder why I become a thorn in their flesh.
    不知为什么我成了他们的眼中钉了。
23. 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。
24. Thorn roses and thistle and pears.
    还有刺玫瑰，大蓟和梨树。
25. Fallen angel, tell me why? What is the reason, the thorn in your eye?
    失堕的天使，告诉我为什么？为什么我变成了你眼中的一根刺？
26. He felt his skin scratched by the thorn.
    他觉得皮肤被刺划伤了。
27. 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。
28. Thorn slender acanthopanax piece what is He Guwei element kind medicaments, is there contraindication?
    刺五加片和谷维素是什么类的药物，有禁忌么？
29. You can graft pears on to white thorn or may trees.
    你可以把梨树嫁接在自蒺藜或山楂树上。

n.

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

1. something that causes irritation and annoyance
   1. he's a thorn in my flesh

   Synonym:    irritant

2. a Germanic character of runic origin

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

   Synonym:    spineprickleprickerstickerspikelet