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whitethorn

/hwahyt-thawrn, wahyt-/US // ˈʰwaɪtˌθɔrn, ˈwaɪt- //UK // (ˈwaɪtˌθɔːn) //

白刺,白刺刺,白刺刺的

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a hawthorn, Crataegus laevigata, having white flowers.

Examples

  • At this moment a man's face rose above the whitethorn hedge.

  • Nor must we omit to mention that the Whitethorn is one of the trees that claims to have been used for the sacred Crown of Thorns.

  • They nestled side by side under the old whitethorn which, for once in a way, forgot to moan as the wind went down.

  • He was looking for chaffinches' nests in the big whitethorn hedge at the back of Ballymore Rectory, when he suddenly spied a rat.

  • He is the poet of English parish festivals and of English flowers, the primrose, the whitethorn, the daffodil.