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thornbush

/thawrn-boosh/US // ˈθɔrnˌbʊʃ //

荆棘丛生,荆棘丛,荆棘树,荆棘草

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of various shrubs or bushes having spines or thorns.

Examples

  • A thornbush where fairies meet is a 'gentle bush': the hazel and the foxglove (fairy-thimble) are gentle plants.

  • Jack had just made this discovery when he noticed something fluttering from a thornbush.

  • He pointed to the ragged remains of Astro's jungle suit dangling on the near-by thornbush.

  • Pentuer directed the prince to look at a distant hill, on the summit of which was a thornbush.

  • That of the lamb which was found in the thornbush and placed upon the altar.