thorny如何读

英:[ˈθɔ:ni]

美:[ˈθɔrni]

thorny是什么意思

  • adj.多刺的;棘手的;痛苦的

thorny自然拼读

thorn·y

thor ni

thorny变形

比较级:thornier或more thorny

最高级:thorniest或most thorny

thorny扩展

thornily (adv.), thorniness (n.)

thorny词根

词根:thorn

adj.

thornless 无刺的

n.

thorn 刺;[植] 荆棘

thorny英英释义

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"

thorny词源中文解释

古英语 þornig; 参见 thorn + -y(2)。比喻意义始于14世纪中期。相关: Thorniness。荷兰语 doornig,德语 dornig 也有类似的构词方式。这个比喻形象很普遍; 希腊语中有 akanthologos 作为争辩者的绰号,字面意思是“采集荆棘”,还有 akanthobates,是文法学家的绰号(女性形式为 akanthobatis)。

thorny词源英文解释

The first known use of thorny was before the 12th century

thorny儿童词典英英释义

though1 of 2conjunction

in spite of the fact or possibility that

though it was raining, we went hiking

though2 of 2adverb

however entry 2 sense 2, nevertheless

not for long, though

thou1 of 2pronoun

the person addressed

thou2 of 2noun

a thousand of something (as dollars)

paid 15 thou for the car

those

thoroughadjective

marked by or carried out to completion : exhaustive

a thorough search

careful about detail

a thorough worker

thoroughgoingadjective

thorough sense 1, complete

thoroughgoing cooperation

thoroughfarenoun

a street or road open at both ends

a main road

thoroughbred1 of 2adjective

bred from the best stock through a long line : purebred

thoroughbred dogs

capitalized of, relating to, or being a Thoroughbred horse

thoroughbred2 of 2noun

a purebred or pedigreed animal

capitalized any of an English breed of light speedy horses kept chiefly for racing

thoroughadjective

marked by or carried out to completion : exhaustive

a thorough search

careful about detail

a thorough worker

thornyadjective

full of or covered with thorns

thorny rose bushes

full of difficulties

a thorny problem

thorny 例句

1 I really don't believe he's able to deal with this thorny problem.

我确实不相信他有能力处理这个棘手的问题.

2 Nearby stood a squat, gnarled tree with thorny leaves and black bark.

3 He slid into a patch of weeds and grabbed onto a thorny vine.

4 The vote, on a procedural point, does not bode well for the passage of thornier legislation.

从程序上说, 这次选举对更为棘手的立法进程来说并不是个好兆头.

5 Mr Armytage had to endure the sufferings of the thorny crown made by himself.

阿米塔奇先生不得不忍受自找的痛苦的折磨。

6 The cladding of frost on thorny branches was thawing and fat drops drip-drip-dripping.

7 The bluffs on which it crouched were steep and rocky, spotted with lichen and gnarled thorny trees.

8 The Obama administration jettisoned that idea after running into the thorny issue of pricing.

在遇到定价这个棘手的问题之后,奥巴马政府放弃了“坏银行”的想法.

9 “Before he hopped in with a thorny bottom?”

10 My current sanctuary was a room with thorny branches covering the walls and the ceiling.

11 I spied a door, its bottom half covered in thick roots and thorny vines, and my spirits sank.

12 The Widder just looked at the hard old man wondering what made an old man's thorny.

那寡妇只是看着这个怒气冲冲的男人,她在想究竟为什么他会如此生气.

13 Our wounds were then dressed with a healing plant, the leaves of which were thorny on the outside but smooth on the inside, which absorbed the blood and other secretions.

14 Military presence and its impact on Japanese residents have been a thorny issue over the years.

多年来,军事存在及其对日本居民的影响一直是一个棘手的问题。

15 But when it comes down to it, there’s some more rosy and some more thorny.

16 Holding the wooden sword by her side, Ivy strode through the forest until she came to its dark heart, to the grove of thorny trees.

17 Airbus's relationships with its suppliers is another thorny issue.

另一个棘手的问题是空客与其供货商的关系.

18 The women circled the basket, which was full of blackberries still on their short, thorny branches.

19 Crawling through the thorny passageway was easier this time because their bodies had broken a wider path.

20 The question is, how shall I say, quite thorny.

这个问题, 我该怎么说呢, 十分棘手.

thorny 同义词

1 造成困难

inconvenient untoward

8 造成困难的

inconvenient untoward

10 令人苦恼的

troubling

16 带刺的

barbed spiny

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