thornbush
thornbush — 名詞
- thornbushsingular
- thornbushesplural
1. a bush or small tree that grows many hard, sharp spines (thorns) on its stems an
多刺灌木
長滿尖刺的灌木或小樹
a bush or small tree that grows many hard, sharp spines (thorns) on its stems and branches; also, an area of land covered with such plants.
Lara scratched her leg on a thornbush while climbing over the fence.
Lara 翻越圍籬時被多刺灌木刮傷了腿。
collocation: scratch on a thornbush
The farmer planted a thornbush hedge to stop the sheep from wandering off.
農夫種了一排多刺灌木的樹籬，防止綿羊跑掉。
thornbush as a barrier / hedge
Rachid had to cut back an old thornbush that was blocking the garden path.
Rachid 必須砍掉一棵擋住花園小路的老多刺灌木。
Thornbushes grew so thickly in the valley that the hikers could not get through.
山谷裡的多刺灌木長得密密麻麻，健行者根本無法通過。
Beatrix wore thick leather gloves before pulling the thornbush out of the ground.
Beatrix 戴上厚皮革手套，才把那棵多刺灌木從土裡拔出來。
collocation: pull out a thornbush
- overgrown thornbush
- thick thornbush
- thornbush hedge
- thornbush thicket
- cut back a thornbush
- push through a thornbush
- bramble
specifically a prickly vine or shrub of the rose family, often with edible berries; narrower than thornbush
- brier
any prickly, woody plant, usually wild; more common in British English and literary contexts
- spiny shrub
a general descriptive term; less common in everyday speech
用法筆記
Countable noun. Often appears in landscape descriptions (farmland, scrubland) or when talking about plants used as natural fences.