thorn in one's side

/thawrn/US // θɔrn //UK // (θɔːn) //

绊脚石,肉中刺,眼中钉,眼中钉子

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n.名词 noun

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
- : to prick with a thorn; vex.

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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

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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Definitions

n.名词 noun

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
- : to prick with a thorn; vex.

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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