Thorn

(noun.) a Germanic character of runic origin.

录入:萨姆纳

• Her resting-place was at a certain stile under a certain old thorn. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Stir them up with a thorn. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• A fire was burning under a pollard thorn a few paces off, over which three kettles hung in a row. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• I may not be as handsome as she is; I am not a fair judge of that question, I suppose; but I know I am handsome enough to be a thorn in her side. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• My precious thorn roots, the rarest of all firing, that I laid by on purpose for Christmas--you have burnt 'em nearly all! 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• The most enduring of all--steady unaltering eyes like Planets--signified wood, such as hazel-branches, thorn-faggots, and stout billets. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• By the road the black-thorn was in blossom, white and wet, its tiny amber grains burning faintly in the white smoke of blossom. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• In my quiet days, when I was my own man, I never quarrelled with the night for being long, nor cursed my bed for its thorns. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Try lower down, and pick those that have no thorns, said Amy, gathering three of the tiny cream-colored ones that starred the wall behind her. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• We have cleared away all the old thorns that grew in patches over the brow. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• And some fell among thorns and the thorns sprung up and choked them. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• They have, also--which was far more interesting to me--a piece of the true cross, and some nails, and a part of the crown of thorns. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• They are sharp thorns, but they are such comfort. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Perdita, I had said, some day you will discover that you have done wrong in again casting Raymond on the thorns of life. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.

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