thorns 
					英 [θɔːnz ]  
					美 [θɔrnz ]  
					n.  (玫瑰之类植物的)刺,棘刺; 带刺的树; 荆棘; 刺形符,字母ð(古英语和古冰岛语用的字母,表示 /θ/ 和 /ð/ 的发音,后书写为th)
					
					
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										N-COUNT (某些植物、树木上的)刺,棘刺Thorns  are the sharp points on some plants and trees, for example on a rose bush.
											Roses will always have thorns but with care they can be avoided.  
										N-VAR 荆棘;带刺的树;带刺小灌木thorn  or a thorn bush  or a thorn tree  is a bush or tree which has a lot of thorns on it.
											...the shade of a thorn bush. ...the thorn and bramble thickets.  
										PHRASE 肉中刺;长期困扰的问题thorn in  your side  or a thorn in  your flesh , you mean that they are a continuous problem to you or annoy you.
											She's a real thorn in his side... The Party was a thorn in the flesh of his coalition.  
									 
								 
								
							 
							
 
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										Roses will always have thorns but with care they can be avoided.  
										It is unbearable to be always on thorns.  
										In this world there's no rose without thorns.  
										To us it had been no more than just some little spot with thorns, bushes and trees.  
										Today I can cry because roses have thorns or I can celebrate that thorns have roses.  
										You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can be grateful that thorn bushes have roses.  
										Actually the thorns in their bodies are their leaves.  
										It was damp and smelly, and overgrown with thorns and briars.  
										Take down that "thistles and thorns bird" guiding the musical sound from bookshelf in the familiar route.  
										You either complain rose has thorns, or you appreciate thorn has rose.  
										Your eyes have found through the thorns roses flower!  
										We have cleared away all the old thorns that grew in patches over the brow.  
										I am a rose, you are my thorns.  
										Branches and thorns stabbed and snatched at them.  
										And her thorns were my only delight.  
										Desert only thorns, the sky only traces of tears.  
										Some people be always grumble because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorn have roses.  
										His knees were scratched by thorns.  
										The thorns have caught our clothing.  
										The thorns sprung up and choked me.  
										It will grow thorns and thistles for you, none but wild plants for you to eat.  
										The thorns on which he fell put out his eyes.  
										Thorns and Nature's Grasp can be cast in Tree of Life form.  
										The thorns sprung up and choked me. I can stand that, sir.  
										They had platted a crown of thorns.  
										His loyalty to the king brought him nothing but the crown of thorns.  
										If we show them the "rose" within themselves, they will conquer their thorns.  
										Reassure me, can I heip him remove his thorns?  
										She lifted it, but beneath the flowers were piercing thorns which tore her flesh.  
										And when I see this ring, it's a ring of thorns.