Word · Frequency #12189
thistle
蓟；蓟属植物
a wild plant with prickly leaves and purple or white flower heads
- 1.
Any of several perennial composite plants, especially of genera Cirsium, Carduus, Cynara, or Onopordum, having prickly leaves and showy flower heads with prickly bracts.
几种多年生菊科植物中的任何一种,尤其指蓟属、飞廉属、菜蓟属或大翅蓟属,具有带刺的叶和带刺苞片的花序。
- 2.
any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves
众多菊科植物,尤指飞廉属、蓟属和大翅蓟属,叶缘有刺。
- 3.
This plant seen as the national emblem of Scotland.
作为苏格兰国徽的这种植物。
- 4.
An image of this plant used as a charge.
用作纹章图案的这种植物图像。
- 5.
The Order of the Thistle, or membership thereof.
蓟花勋章,或其会员资格。
蓟（苏格兰国花）；蓟纹章图案；蓟花勋章（苏格兰骑士团）；几种多年生菊科植物中的任何一种,尤其指蓟属、飞廉属、菜蓟属或大翅蓟属,具有带刺的叶和带刺苞片的花序。；众多菊科植物,尤指飞廉属、蓟属和大翅蓟属,叶缘有刺。
In use
The thistle has prickly leaves and a purple flower that blooms in late summer.
When I was picking blackberries, I accidentally touched a thistle and got scratched by its spines.
Thistles grow well in dry, sunny meadows and provide food for many insects.
a thistle
用不定冠词表示一株蓟。
A thistle has prickly leaves.
蓟长有带刺的叶子。
thistles
用复数形式表示多株蓟。
Thistles grow in the field.
田野里长着蓟。
the thistle
定冠词加单数名词，泛指蓟这类植物。
The thistle is a prickly plant.
Connections
Collocations
- thistle down
- 蓟花絮
- In autumn, thistle down floats in the air.秋天，蓟花絮在空中飘浮。
- thistle flower
- 蓟花
- She picked a thistle flower and put it in a vase.她摘了一朵蓟花放进花瓶。
- thistle patch
- 蓟丛
- The dog ran into a thistle patch and came out yelping.狗跑进蓟丛，出来时呜呜直叫。
- prickly thistle
- 多刺蓟
- Wear gloves when removing prickly thistles from the garden.清除花园里的多刺蓟时要戴手套。
- Scotch thistle
- 苏格兰蓟
- The Scotch thistle appears on some Scottish coins.苏格兰蓟出现在一些苏格兰硬币上。
- milk thistle
Learner notes
Memory Tip
发音像“this'll”（这将），想象你指着带刺的草说“这将是蓟”——thistle 就是有刺的蓟。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：植物学、园艺、自然观察 该词通常用于植物学描述，也多见于园艺和自然观察场合；日常口语中提到这类带刺植物时也常用 thistle，语气比较中性。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Genuine rhymes with thistle: whistle, bristle, gristle, and missile (US) all end in /ɪsəl/. Watch out: castle /ˈkæsəl/ and little /ˈlɪtəl/ are spelling lookalikes but do not rhyme; British missile /ˈmaɪsaɪl/ does not rhyme either.
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