thistle
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++this·tle /ˈθɪsəl/ noun [countable, uncountable] HBPa wild plant which has leaves with sharp points and purple or white furry flowers 蓟〔一种叶片带刺、开紫色或白色毛茸状花朵的野生植物〕 →5 see picture at 见图 flower1
Examples from the Corpus
thistle• The dew-drop on a bullock's pizzle, thick glycerine, a limpid gum, swaying on the great dead thistle.• For some reason every species is blue-violet: lupine, blue-eyed grass, thistle, gentian.• Two thousand years ago, the biblical farmer was tormented by tares and Virgil was denouncing what he called the lazy thistle.• He went cautiously out into the field, squatted down against a clump of thistles and began to smell the wind.• A purple thistle sewn to the pocket of a school blazer.• Why is the lovely silver Royal Victorian Order insignia decorated with a rose, thistle, shamrock - and a sunflower?• New this Christmas are Whisky Thistle Truffles, each moulded into a thistle shape and filled with real whisky truffle centres.• They guided cars to the curving verges of grass, once mown close, now high and grown with thistles.Origin thistle Old English thistelthis·tle nounChineseSyllable
points with sharp purple and Corpus leaves wild which a plant has
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thistle
this‧tle /ˈθɪsəl/
noun [uncountable and countable]
this‧tle /ˈθɪsəl/
noun [uncountable and countable] Language: Old English
Origin: thistel
a wild plant which has leaves with sharp points and purple or white furry flowers
Origin: thistel
Describing fractions and proportions 描述分数和份额
◆ According to this pie chart, a third of students' leisure time is spent watching TV.如饼分图所示，学生的闲暇时间有三分之一都花在看电视上。 ◆ One in five hours is/are spent socializing.每五个小时中有一个小时花在社交活动上。 ◆ Socializing accounts for /makes up /comprises about 20% of leisure time.社交活动占去大约百分之二十的闲暇时间。 ◆ Students spend twice as much time playing computer games as doing sport.学生们玩电脑游戏的时间是做运动时间的两倍。 ◆ Three times as many hours are spent playing computer games as reading.玩电脑游戏的时间是阅读时间的三倍。 ◆ The figure for playing computer games is three times higher than the figure for reading.玩电脑游戏的时间比阅读时间多两倍。 ◆ The largest proportion of time is spent playing computer games.大部分时间都花在玩电脑游戏上。