thorny

英式音标：[ˈθɔ:ni]

美式音标：[ˈθɔrni]

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概况：

adj. 多刺的；痛苦的；令人苦恼的

词义：

adj.

多刺的；痛苦的；棘手的；

英英释义

thorny[ 'θɔ:ni ]

adj.

bristling with perplexities

"the thorny question of states' rights"

having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

同义词：barbedbarbellatebriarybrierybristledbristlyburredburrypricklysetosesetaceousspiny

用法：

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

Cacti are thorny.
仙人掌多刺。

We are discussing a thorny matter.
我们在讨论一个棘手的问题。

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。

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。

权威例句

The steep and thorny way to a science of behavior.

A thorny question: how does activity maintain dendritic spines?

The thorny path linking cellular senescence to organismal aging

More About Software Requirements: Thorny Issues and Practical Advice

Shape and SPR Evolution of Thorny Gold Nanoparticles Promoted by Silver Ions

Age and growth estimates of the thorny skate (Amblyraja radiata) in the western Gulf of Maine

Global word of mouth: Service bashing on the Internet is a thorny issue

Phylogenetic relationships of thorny catfishes (Siluriformes: Doradidae) inferred from molecular and morphological data

Controlled synthesis of thorny anatase TiO2 tubes for construction of Ag–AgBr/TiO2 composites as highly efficient simulated solar-l...

Influence of Topography on the Colonization of Subalpine Grasslands by the Thorny Cushion Dwarf Echinospartum horridum

同义词：upsetting,spiny,spinous,pricky,prickly,painful,hurt,briery,bitter

同根词：thorn

英语词源：

thorny (adj.)

Old English þornig; see thorn + -y (2). Figurative sense is attested from mid-14c. Related: Thorniness. Similar formation in Dutch doornig, German dornig.

造句：

1. a thorny subject problem ]

难题;棘手的题目问题]

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

2. a thorny situation;thorny issues.

棘手的局面；棘手的问题

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

3. a thorny path

艰难的道路，荆棘丛生的小路

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例

4. thorny; difficult to handle

扎手

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]

5. a thorny situation

棘手的局面

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例

6. Spondylidae;thorny oysters

海菊蛤科

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

7. Cacti are thorny.

仙人掌多刺。

-- 来源 -- 轻轻松松背单词-蒋刚

8. a thorny subject [ problem ]

难题;棘手的题目[问题]