thorn

とげ

植物に生える、小さく硬く鋭い突起。

やさしい英語で： A small, hard, sharp point that grows on a plant.

• A thorn scratched my hand.
• The roses have sharp thorns.
• Can you remove this thorn from my finger?

類義語： spine, prickle

よく使う表現： rose thorn, sharp thorn, thorn in something

ソーン

「thin」「this」の語頭のような音を表す文字Þ・þ。

やさしい英語で： The letter Þ or þ, used for sounds like those at the start of thin and this.

• Thorn appears in this old manuscript.
• Icelandic still uses thorn in its alphabet.
• The printer replaced thorn with two other letters.

よく使う表現： letter thorn, use thorn

とげのある低木、サンザシ

枝にとげがある低木や小さな木。特にサンザシ。

やさしい英語で： A bush or small tree with sharp points on its branches, especially a hawthorn.

• A thorn grew beside the gate.
• The old thorn was covered in white flowers.
• Birds nested in the thorn hedge.

類義語： thorn tree

よく使う表現： flowering thorn, white thorn, thorn hedge