thorn
noun · verbA2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(botany) A modified branch that is hard and sharp like a spike.
- 2.
Any thorn-like structure on plants, such as the spine and the prickle.
- 3.
Any shrub or small tree that bears thorns, especially a hawthorn.
the white thorn
the cockspur thorn
- 4.
(figuratively)(figurative) That which pricks or annoys; anything troublesome.
- 5.
A letter of Latin script (capital: Þ, small: þ), borrowed from the futhark; today used only in Icelandic to represent the voiceless dental fricative, but originally used in several early Germanic scripts, including Old English where it represented the dental fricatives that are today written th (Old English did not have phonemic voicing distinctions for fricatives).
See also Etymology of ye (definite article).
Động từ
verb- 1.
To pierce with, or as if with, a thorn (sharp pointed object).
Từ liên quan
Từ có viền nét liền là đã có mục từ; viền nét đứt là chưa có trong dữ liệu.
Nguồn gốc từ
From Middle English thorn, þorn, from Old English þorn, from *þorn, from Proto-Germanic *þurnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós, from *(s)ter- (stiff). 2 cog Near cognates include toarn, Doorn, doorn, Dorn, and torn, torn, törne, 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌿𐍃. Further cognates include трънъ thorn, тёрн, cierń, taňi, tai (thorn),.