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a briar
briar 作“石南根烟斗”讲时是可数名词，复数形式为 briars。
He lit a briar and leaned back in his chair.
他点燃了一只石南根烟斗，靠在椅背上。
石南根烟斗
briars — plural of briar
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
石南根烟斗
a pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heath
He lit a briar and leaned back in his chair.
他点燃了一只石南根烟斗，靠在椅背上。
荆棘:许多带刺且丛生的植物,如蔷薇属、悬钩子属和菝葜属的多种植物。
Any of many plants with thorny stems growing in dense clusters, such as many in the Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax genera.
欧石南(Erica arborea),一种地中海多刺灌木。
Tree heath (Erica arborea), a thorny Mediterranean shrub.
任何刺激或令人不快的事物。
Anything that is sharp or unpleasant to the feelings.
用这种灌木的根部制成的烟斗。
A pipe for smoking, made from the roots of that shrub.
He bought a briar at the antique shop.
他在古董店买了一只石南根烟斗。
She cleaned her briar with a soft cloth.
她用软布擦拭她的石南根烟斗。
The briar was too valuable to smoke every day.
这支石南根烟斗太贵重，不能每天用来抽烟。
briar 作“石南根烟斗”讲时是可数名词，复数形式为 briars。
He lit a briar and leaned back in his chair.
他点燃了一只石南根烟斗，靠在椅背上。
briar 本身就可指石南根烟斗，briar pipe 中的 pipe 常可省略。
She chose a classic briar pipe as a gift.
她选了一只经典的石南根烟斗作为礼物。
Not this
My grandfather smokes briar every evening.
Use this
My grandfather smokes a briar every evening.
briar 表示“石南根烟斗”时是可数名词，不能像物质名词一样裸用，需加不定冠词 a。
Not this
He has three briar in his collection.
Use this
He has three briars in his collection.
briar 的复数形式是 briars，在表示多支烟斗时必须加 -s，不能用单数形式。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
石南根烟斗
He lit his briar pipe and leaned back in the chair.
他点燃石南根烟斗，靠在椅子上。
石南根烟斗的斗钵
The briar bowl is carefully carved from a single root.
这个石南根烟斗的斗钵是用一整块根精心雕刻而成的。
抽石南根烟斗
He likes to smoke a briar after dinner.
他喜欢晚饭后抽石南根烟斗。
（比喻）棘手的困境；错综复杂的问题
The new privacy law is a real briar patch for small businesses.
新的隐私法对小企业来说真是一个棘手的困境。
请别把我扔进那个荆棘丛！（美国民间故事《兔子大哥》中的经典台词，兔子故意求饶，其实荆棘丛正是他逃生的好去处。）
Like Br'er Rabbit, she begged them not to throw her into the briar patch — but that was exactly where she wanted to be.
她像兔子大哥一样，求他们别把她扔进荆棘丛——但那正是她想去的地方。
Use briars naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想：briar（荆棘）的根扎手，却用来做烟斗——记住briar就是石南根烟斗。
语域：neutral 常见场景：pipe smoking、tobacco shops、pipe collecting 该义项指用石南根制作的烟斗，多用于烟斗爱好者、烟草店或相关产品介绍中；日常口语中比较少见，通常属于中性或略带行业色彩的表达。
复数形式为 briars。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.