单词：thornier
音标：[ˈθɔ:ni:ə] ；
a. 多刺的( thorny的比较级 ); 有刺的; 棘手的; 多障碍的
s. bristling with perplexities
s. having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
s. having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
thorny的用法和样例：
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。
词汇搭配
- thorny subject棘手的问题
- thorny scrub热带草生灌丛...
- thorny-headed worm棘头虫
- thorny problem棘手问题
- a thorny subject微妙的问题
经典引文
I have a sharp tongue and a thorny exterior.
出自：fig.
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