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thistly

/this-lee, -uh-lee/US // ˈθɪs li, -ə li //

刺眼的,刺耳的,刺眼,刺耳

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : filled with or having many thistles.
    • : suggesting a growth of thistles, especially in being difficult or painful to handle: a thistly set of problems.

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Examples

  • Perhaps it was the thistly food he ate which had an effect upon his temper and made him the awkward creature he had grown.

  • In this valley there were the most beautiful flowers, mallows, chrysanthemums, and thistly plants.