thornbush
/thawrn-boosh/US // ˈθɔrnˌbʊʃ //
荆棘丛生,荆棘丛,荆棘树,荆棘草
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 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.
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