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a blackthorn
blackthorn 是可数名词，指单株灌木，用不定冠词。
A blackthorn grows in the hedge.
一棵黑刺李长在树篱中。
黑刺李
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黑刺李
a thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits
A blackthorn grows in the hedge.
一棵黑刺李长在树篱中。
黑刺李；一种大型灌木或小乔木,原产欧洲、西亚和北非,树皮深色,有刺。
A large shrub or small tree, Prunus spinosa, that is native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa. It has a dark bark and bears thorns.
带刺的欧亚灌木,果实似李子
a thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits
黑刺李木制成的棍棒或手杖。
A stick or staff taken from this tree.
直立且几乎无刺的美洲山楂,果实略呈梨形
erect and almost thornless American hawthorn with somewhat pear-shaped berries
The blackthorn grows wild in hedges and produces small blue-black fruits in autumn.
黑刺李野生生长在树篱中，秋天结出蓝黑色的小果子。
The farmer planted blackthorns along the fence to make a thorny barrier.
农民沿着篱笆种了一排黑刺李，形成一道带刺的屏障。
The old man leaned on a blackthorn as he walked up the hill.
那位老人拄着一根黑刺李手杖往山上走。
blackthorn 是可数名词，指单株灌木，用不定冠词。
A blackthorn grows in the hedge.
一棵黑刺李长在树篱中。
the + 单数名词可用来表示整个物种。
The blackthorn is a common hedgerow shrub.
黑刺李是一种常见的树篱灌木。
复数形式 blackthorns 表示多株或泛指。
Blackthorns are covered with white flowers in spring.
春天，黑刺李开满白花。
指木材时 blackthorn 为不可数名词，不加冠词。
This walking stick is made of blackthorn.
这根手杖是黑刺李木做的。
Not this
I saw two blackthorn in the hedge.
Use this
I saw two blackthorns in the hedge.
blackthorn 是可数名词，表示多棵时要用复数形式 blackthorns。
Not this
The black thorn is a thorny bush.
Use this
The blackthorn is a thorny bush.
blackthorn 是一个不可拆分的复合词，指这种植物时应当连写为一个词，不能写成两个词 black thorn。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
黑刺李丛
A blackthorn bush grows at the edge of the field.
一丛黑刺李长在田地边。
黑刺李树篱
The old blackthorn hedge was full of sharp thorns.
那道黑刺李树篱长满了尖刺。
黑刺李花
The blackthorn blossom appears before the leaves in early spring.
早春时节，黑刺李花先于叶子开放。
黑刺李木
A walking stick is often carved from blackthorn wood.
手杖常用黑刺李木雕刻而成。
黑刺李木手杖
He leaned on a sturdy blackthorn stick.
他拄着一根结实的黑刺李木手杖。
黑刺李灌木丛
The birds nested deep in the blackthorn thicket.
鸟儿在黑刺李灌木丛深处筑巢。
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把blackthorn拆成black（黑）和thorn（刺）：黑色多刺的灌木，就是黑刺李。
语域：neutral 常见场景：植物学/自然、园艺、乡村风景 该词为中性语汇，通常用于植物学介绍、园艺描写或乡村风景叙述；口语日常对话中比较少见，书面语和说明性文字中较常见。
真正的音近词：black /blæk/、back /bæk/、track /træk/ 与 blackthorn 重读的第一音节 black- 的元音和 /k/ 相同。拼写相似的词：thorn /θɔːn/、hawthorn /ˈhɔːθɔːn/ 以 -thorn 结尾，但在给定读音 /θɒ:n/ 中元音与这两个词常见的 /θɔːn/ 不完全相同；整个 blackthorn 与它们并不真正押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.