核心词议：
n. 刺；[植] 荆棘
thorn 基本解释
n. 刺；棘刺，荆棘；带刺的植物；刺痛
速记方法
速记技巧 词源记忆法 来自古英语 thorn,刺，荆棘，来自 Proto-Germanic*thurnuz,刺，来自 PIE*stei,尖刺，尖木棍， 词源同 stick,thistle.
知识扩展
习语积累 习语 n. a thorn in sb's flesh/side 不断让人烦心的人（或事）；肉中刺；眼中钉 a person or thing that repeatedly annoys sb or stops them from doing sth
thorn 变化形式
复数： thorns
易混淆的单词： Thorn
易混淆的单词： Thorn
中文词源： thorn 刺，荆棘 来自古英语 thorn,刺，荆棘，来自 Proto-Germanic*thurnuz,刺，来自 PIE*stei,尖刺，尖木棍， 词源同 stick,thistle. thorn
精选例句
1、 Teach me the glory of my cross;teach me the value of my thorn.
求你赐予我十字架的荣耀；求你教导我荆棘的价值。
2、 Nightingale pressed closer against the thorn, and the thorn touched her heart, and a fierce pang of pain shot through her.
南丁格尔更加的靠近那个刺，刺碰到了她的心脏，一股剧烈的疼痛击穿了她的身体。
常见考点例句：
- The indian boy took a sharp thorn from a bramble .
- 印度男孩从荆棘里面拔出一根锋利的刺。
- He was already a thorn under the hide of the apartheid regime , singing things that were forbidden .
- 他已经成为一个种族隔离的政权下一根锋芒利刺，唱着一切被禁止的东西。
- All about us is noise and bramble , thorn and din , each one of our ancestors on our tongues .
- 我们的一切只是噪音和钩刺，荆棘和喧嚣，我们谈论每一位祖先。
- John felt the sharp jab of the thorn , and he winced , but he didn 't want to show he was a coward , not like how he was with the night nurse .
- 约翰感受到了这根刺的锋利，他退缩了，但是他不想让他们觉得自己是个胆小鬼，不能像他跟夜间护士在一起的那样。
- Mr al-zawahiri predicted that " our brothers will be a thorn in the necks of the american and french crusaders and their allies . "
- 扎瓦西里预言说，“我们的（gspc）兄弟将成为卡在美国和法国的十字军战士及其盟友喉头的刺。”
