Thistle

(noun.) any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves.

克拉拉录入

• A weed like the Russian thistle, for instance, will defy all usual means for its extermination. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Why is the Thistle the Emblem of Scotland? 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• At the same time a slight wind arose, and at the moment of totality the atmosphere was filled with thistle-down and other light articles. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Ever since that time the thistle has been made the insignia of Scotland. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• There was a thistle which pricked him vividly, but not too much, because all his movements were too discriminate and soft. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• As new as eating thistles, would have been an answer to represent Mr. Casaubon's feelings. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• I am not fond of nettles or thistles, or heath blossoms. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• They were flowing for the fertilization of the land where grapes are gathered from thorns, and figs from thistles. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• He no more gathers grapes from thorns or figs from thistles than older men did in old times. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• I have certainly got thistles for figs in a worldly sense, but how could I tell what time would bring forth? 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Among these are kaffir corn, sorghum, alfalfa, clover, millet, cowpeas, soy-beans, sugar beets, oats and even weeds and thistles. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.

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