英:['spaɪnɪnɪs]
美:['spaɪnɪnɪs]
英:['spaɪnɪnɪs]
美:['spaɪnɪnɪs]
adjective
abounding with difficulties, obstacles, or annoyances : thorny
spiny problems
covered or armed with spinesbroadly: bearing spines, prickles, or thorns
slender and pointed like a spine
The first known use of spiny was in 1586
spinsternoun
a woman whose occupation is to spin
an unmarried woman past the usual age for marrying
spinsternoun
a woman whose occupation is to spin
an unmarried woman past the usual age for marrying
spin1 of 2verb
to draw out and twist into yarn or thread
spun the fleece into thread
to produce by drawing out and twisting fibers
spin thread
to form threads or a web or cocoon by giving off a sticky fluid that quickly hardens into silk
to turn or cause to turn round and round rapidly
to feel as if in a whirl
my head was spinning
to tell using the imagination
spin a yarn
to move swiftly on wheels or in a vehicle
to make, shape, or produce by or as if by spinning
spun sugar
spin2 of 2noun
the act of spinning something
a rapid whirling motion
a short trip in a vehicle
go for a spin
a plunging descent or downward spiral
a state of mental confusion
a special point of view, emphasis, or interpretation
spin-offnoun
something that results from work done to produce a different product : by-product
household products that are spin-offs of space research
something that imitates or comes from an earlier work or product
a spin-off of a hit TV show
spinning
spinneretnoun
an organ especially of a spider or caterpillar that has a small hole through which the sticky fluid produced by the silk glands is forced and hardens to form a silk thread
spinneretnoun
an organ especially of a spider or caterpillar that has a small hole through which the sticky fluid produced by the silk glands is forced and hardens to form a silk thread
spinnernoun
one that spins
a fishing lure that spins when drawn through the water
spinnakernoun
a large triangular sail set on a long light pole and used when sailing with the wind pushing from behind or nearly so
spinyadjective
full of difficulties, obstacles, or problems : thorny
having or covered with spines, thorns, or prickles
1 this promises to be a spiny problem to negotiate
2 Luckily, deer turn their noses up at coneflower—the spiny center is a turn-off.
3 Using kitchen shears, cut the spiny tips off the artichoke leaves and rub all the cut edges with lemon.
1 困难重重
2 刺状
3 麻烦
discommodious hard ugly lively worrying troublesome inconvenient pesky tiring worrisome onerous burdensome prickly bothersome laborious tiresome perplexing niggling vexing pernickety kittle plaguey laborsome discommodiously inconveniently wordishness discommodiousness matter trouble mess bother coil involvement headache scrape inconvenience stink incommode