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thorny是什么意思

2024-02-14 20:53:17
thorny
美[θɔːrni]  英[θɔːni]
adj.  多刺的;棘手的;痛苦的
  副词:thornily  比较级:thornier  最高级:thorniest  名词:thorniness
  近义词:troublesome,sticky,prickly,spiny,barbed,bristly,spiky,pointed,tricky,problematic,awkward,controversial,knotty,tough,hard,difficult,setaceous,setose,briery,bristled,barbellate,briary,burry,burred,

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"

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. Cacti are thorny.仙人掌多刺。
  2. We are discussing a thorny matter.我们在讨论一个棘手的问题。
  3. Race relations in the US continue to be a thorny problem.美国的种族关系一直是棘手的问题。
  4. 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。