释义 |
WordReference English-Chinese Dictionary © 2019: 主要翻译 | thorny adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (plant: having thorns) (植物) | 有刺的 yǒu cì de | | Roses are beautiful, but the stems are thorny. | thorny adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | figurative (subject: controversial) (话题等) | 有争议的,棘手的
| | Don't bring up thorny issues such as abortion and religion at dinner. |
WordReference English-Chinese Dictionary © 2019: 复合形式: | thorny problem nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | figurative, informal (tricky or troublesome situation) (比喻,非正式用语) | 棘手的问题 jí shǒu de wèn tí | | The issue of financing public education is a thorny problem. |
在这些条目还发现'thorny': 在英文解释里: brier - hawthorn |