thistle

英 [ˈθɪsl]

美 [ˈθɪsl]

n.  蓟(野生植物，叶有刺，花呈紫色、黄色或白色，为苏格兰民族象征)

复数：thistles　

TEM8

BNC.12189 / COCA.17374

牛津词典

noun

• 蓟（野生植物，叶有刺，花呈紫色、黄色或白色，为苏格兰民族象征）
  a wild plant with leaves with sharp points and purple, yellow or white flowers made up of a mass of narrow petals pointing upwards. The thistle is the national symbol of Scotland.

柯林斯词典

• 蓟(叶片带刺、开紫色花的野生植物)
  Athistleis a wild plant which has leaves with sharp points and purple flowers.

英英释义

noun

• any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves

双语例句

• The thistle is the emblem of Scotland.
  蓟是苏格兰的标志。
• The lace design incorporated rose, thistle, daffodil and shamrock& the emblems of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
  蕾丝图案上有玫瑰、蓟、水仙花和三叶草（英格兰、苏格兰、威尔士和北爱尔兰的象征）。
• Eurasian thistle growing in sand dunes and dry chalky soils.
  在沙丘或干旱白垩土壤中生长的欧亚蓟。
• Bees moved, humming thoughtfully, from scarlet poppy to purple thistle.
  蜜蜂在鲜红的罂粟花和艳紫的蓟草花之间飞舞嗡嗡低吟。
• Not many were in bloom at that time of year, but I found several kinds of height berries on shrubs, some dry thistle heads.
  那个季节开花的不多见了，不过我还是在灌木丛里找到了好几种鲜艳的浆果，摘到写干枯的蓟花头。
• Thus the flower became known as the "Guardian Thistle" and out of gratitude a national emblem of Scotland.
  蓟花因此被称为“护卫花”，苏格兰人为表达感激之情，把蓟花奉为国家的象征。
• The thistle is the national emblem of scotland.
  蓟是苏格兰的国花。
• Woolly thistle of western and central Europe and Balkan Peninsula.
  欧洲西部和中部及巴尔干半岛的毛叶蓟。
• And there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.
  的女儿给我儿子为妻。后来黎巴嫩有一个野兽经过，把蒺藜践踏了。
• Foot and Thistle, Mountain Gorilla of Rwanda.
  脚和蓟。卢旺达的山猩猩。