柯林斯詞典thorny /?θ??n?/ (thornier,thorniest) 1. ADJ A thorny plant or tree is covered with thorns. 帶刺的 ...thorny hawthorn trees. …帶刺的山楂樹。2. ADJ If you describe a problem as thorny, you mean that it is very complicated and difficult to solve, and that people are often unwilling to discuss it. 棘手的 ...the thorny issue of immigration policy. …移民政策這個(gè)棘手的問題。 返回 thorny劍橋詞典 thorny adjective (PROBLEM/SUBJECT) [ 衹用在名詞前麪的形容詞 ] A thorny problem or subject is difficult to deal with. 棘手的，麻煩的 the thorny issue of taxation 棘手的稅收問題 thorny adjective (PLANT) having thorns 多刺的；帶刺的 a thorny rose bush 帶刺的玫瑰叢 返回 thorny