thorn
thorn 英 [θɔ:n] 美 [θɔrn]
n. 刺；[植] 荆棘
名词复数:thorns
- A thorn is a sharp spike that protrudes from the stem of a plant. Roses are famous for having the sweetest fragrance and the sharpest thorns.
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- n. 刺；[植] 荆棘
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1. 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。
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2. 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。
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3. All night long you must sing to me, and the thorn must pierce your heart, and your life-blood must flow into my veins, and become mine.
整个晚上，你都要对我唱歌，我的刺必须要刺穿你的心脏。 你赖以生存的鲜血必须要流进我的血管中，成为我的血。
- thorn (n.) Old English þorn "sharp point on a stem or branch," earlier "thorny tree or plant," from Proto-Germanic *thurnuz (source also of Old Saxon, Old Frisian thorn, Dutch doorn, Old High German dorn, German Dorn, Old Norse þorn, Gothic þaurnus), from PIE *trnus (source also of Old Church Slavonic trunu "thorn," Sanskrit trnam "blade of grass," Greek ternax "stalk of the cactus," Irish trainin "blade of grass"), from *(s)ter-n- "thorny plant," perhaps from root *ster- (1) "stiff."
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