| 单词 | thornbush |
| 释义 | thornbush in British English (ˈθɔːnˌbʊʃ) noun another name for thorn (sense 2) thorn in British English (θɔːn) noun 1. a sharp pointed woody extension of a stem or leaf Compare prickle (sense 1)2. a. any of various trees or shrubs having thorns, esp the hawthorn b. the wood of any of these plants 3. short for thorn moth 4. a Germanic character of runic origin Þ used in Old and Modern Icelandic to represent the voiceless dental fricative sound of th, as in thin, bath. Its use in phonetics for the same purpose is now obsolete theta5. this same character as used in Old and Middle English as an alternative to edh, but indistinguishable from it in function or sound Compare edh6. zoology any of various sharp spiny parts 7. a source of irritation (esp in the phrases a thorn in one's side or flesh) Derived forms thornless (ˈthornless) adjective Word origin Old English; related to Old High German dorn, Old Norse thornExamples of 'thornbush' in a sentence |
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