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 blackthorn ['blæk`θɔrn]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 黑刺李, 黑刺李木手杖



    blackthorn
    [ noun ]
    1. a thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits

    2. <noun.plant>
    3. erect and almost thornless American hawthorn with somewhat pear-shaped berries

    4. <noun.plant>


    Blackthorn \Black"thorn`\, n. (Bot.)
    (a) A spreading thorny shrub or small tree ({Prunus
    spinosa}), with blackish bark, and bearing little
    black plums, which are called sloes; the sloe.
    (b) A species of {Crat[ae]gus} or hawthorn ({Crat[ae]gus
    tomentosa}). Both are used for hedges.

    1. I began to understand why blackthorn sticks were so scarce, compared with hazel, which can be cut with relative ease. More often than not a good deal of preliminary clearing had to be done even to reach a likely-looking piece.
    2. The story, from an eyewitness, is that O'Hara claimed blackthorn was the only wood that couldn't be broken over an Irishman's head. Hemingway bet he could break that very stick over the head of that very Irishman.
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