首页英语词典thornythorny英英释意

thorny

英['θɔːnɪ] 美['θɔrni]
  • adj. 多刺的;痛苦的;令人苦恼的

英英释意


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"