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thorn in one's side

/thawrn/US // θɔrn //UK // (θɔːn) //

绊脚石,肉中刺,眼中钉,眼中钉子

Related Words

point点,地点,指点,观点spine脊柱,脊梁骨,脊背,脊椎骨nettle荨麻,荨麻疹,荨麻疹的治疗,小荨麻barb倒钩,倒刺,倒勾,钩子bramble藟,树莓,荆棘,荆棘丛生thistle蓟草,奶蓟草,薊圖案,草莓brier枯草,枯枝,枯叶,干燥剂spur刺激,刺激性,刺激性的splint夹板,夾板,胶合剂prickle皮刺,皮条客,皮疹,刺痛

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a sharp excrescence on a plant, especially a sharp-pointed aborted branch; spine; prickle.
    • : any of various thorny shrubs or trees, especially the hawthorns belonging to the genus Crataegus, of the rose family.
    • : the wood of any of these trees.
    • : a runic character, borrowed into the Latin alphabet and representing the initial th sounds in thin and they in Old English, or thin in modern Icelandic.
    • : something that wounds, annoys, or causes discomfort.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to prick with a thorn; vex.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inmillstone
Synonyms
albatross信天翁accountability问责制,责任制,责任心,责任感affliction痛苦,困扰,苦难,苦恼anxiety焦虑,忧虑,焦虑不安,担忧blame责备,指责,责怪,归咎于charge收费,控告,控方,收费标准concern关注,关切,关注的问题,关注问题cross十字架,十字,十字路口,十字形difficulty困难,难度,难点,困难重重encumbrance财产,财产损失,资产负债表,财产损失费grievance申诉,冤情,怨气,抱怨hardship艰难困苦,困苦,困难,困难重重hindrance阻碍,障碍物,障碍,阻碍因素load负荷,负载,装载,加载misfortune厄运,祸患,不幸,祸害onus责任,职责,负担,义务punishment惩罚,惩处,刑罚,处罚responsibility责任,职责,责任感,责任心strain应变,应力,应变能力,应变性stress压力,压力大,压力过大task任务,工作,作业,课题trial审判,试验,审理,审判工作trouble麻烦,麻烦的事,烦恼,困难worry担心,忧虑,担忧,烦恼ball and chain球和链,球和链子,球和链条,球链deadweight自重,载重量,载重,重量级mental weight精神重量,精神体重,精神压力,脑力劳动
as inburden
Synonyms
anxiety焦虑,忧虑,焦虑不安,担忧concern关注,关切,关注的问题,关注问题difficulty困难,难度,难点,困难重重duty职责,责任,任务,义务hardship艰难困苦,困苦,困难,困难重重load负荷,负载,装载,加载onus责任,职责,负担,义务responsibility责任,职责,责任感,责任心strain应变,应力,应变能力,应变性task任务,工作,作业,课题tax税收,税,税款,税务trouble麻烦,麻烦的事,烦恼,困难worry担心,忧虑,担忧,烦恼accountability问责制,责任制,责任心,责任感affliction痛苦,困扰,苦难,苦恼albatross信天翁blame责备,指责,责怪,归咎于care护理,照顾,关注,关心charge收费,控告,控方,收费标准clog堵塞,堵塞物,堵塞的问题,堵塞堵塞encumbrance财产,财产损失,资产负债表,财产损失费grievance申诉,冤情,怨气,抱怨hindrance阻碍,障碍物,障碍,阻碍因素millstone磨石,磨刀石,磨盘,碾石misfortune厄运,祸患,不幸,祸害mishap意外事故,意外事件,不测事件,不测obstruction阻挠,阻塞,阻碍,障碍物punishment惩罚,惩处,刑罚,处罚sorrow悲哀,悲痛,哀伤,悲伤trial审判,试验,审理,审判工作work工作,工,作业,劳动herculean task艰巨的任务,艰巨任务,艰巨的工作,艰巨的使命ball and chain球和链,球和链子,球和链条,球链deadweight自重,载重量,载重,重量级excess baggage超重行李,超额行李,超限行李,超重行李费weary load疲惫的负荷,疲惫的负担,疲惫的负载,疲惫不堪的负荷
as inencumbrance
Synonyms
albatross信天翁cross十字架,十字,十字路口,十字形debt债务,负债,债务问题,债权duty职责,责任,任务,义务guilt愧疚,内疚,疚感,内疚感handicap阻碍,障碍物,残障人士,障碍hindrance阻碍,障碍物,障碍,阻碍因素impediment障碍物,障碍,故障,阻碍load负荷,负载,装载,加载millstone磨石,磨刀石,磨盘,碾石obstruction阻挠,阻塞,阻碍,障碍物responsibility责任,职责,责任感,责任心saddle鞍座,鞍部,鞍子,马鞍weight重量worry担心,忧虑,担忧,烦恼ball and chain球和链,球和链子,球和链条,球链monkey on one's back背上的猴子,背负的猴子,背上的猴儿,背上的猴头

Examples

  • Since iAd’s closure, Apple has become a thorn in the side of the online ad industry.

  • The Tampa Bay Rays gave New York a good fight early last season and were also a thorn in the Houston Astros’ side during the postseason.

  • Some fish may be eating only the crown-of-thorns’ tiny, squishy larvae.

  • Adorned with spikes and toxins, crown-of-thorns starfish aren’t an easy meal.

  • Yet occasional starfish population booms suggest something is normally eating live, healthy crown-of-thorns and keeping their numbers in check.

  • Thorn also posted a video on his personal YouTube page wherein he desk-dances to Taylor Swift.

  • But the system that Battle represents is a constant thorn in their side.

  • That freedom has been a thorn in the side of many cardinals who feel the sisters should be more conservative.

  • A tabletop bronze of a boy pulling a thorn from his foot, made around 1500 by the Renaissance sculptor known as Antico.

  • There are just as many covetable skirts and delicate silk tap shorts as there are thorn-cupped bras and barely-there g-strings.

  • Taylor alludes to several made from the well known Glastonbury thorn.

  • I feel as if he were a little child crying with a thorn in his finger, and he had no mother to take it out.

  • He lay motionless in her lap, until the thorn suddenly let go and lay in Jess' hand.

  • Then she held the soft paw firmly with her left hand, and pulled steadily on the thorn with her right hand.

  • She received the infection on a part of the hand which had been previously in a slight degree injured by a scratch from a thorn.

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