thorny
英['θ??n?]
美['θ?rni]
英英釋意
- 1. bristling with perplexities;
- "the thorny question of states' rights"
- 2. having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.;
- "a horse with a short bristly mane"
- "bristly shrubs"
- "burred fruits"
- "setaceous whiskers"
