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whin 的复数 whins 常指成片的荆豆丛，谓语用复数。
Whins grow on the moor.
荆豆长在荒野上。
荆豆
whins — plural of whin
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荆豆
a spiny evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers, common in western Europe
Whins grow on the moor.
荆豆长在荒野上。
荆豆；金雀花(荆豆属植物)。
Gorse; furze (Ulex spp.).
暗色岩,一种坚硬岩石。
Whinstone.
染料木(染匠木)。
The plant woad-waxen (Genista tinctoria).
We took a shortcut through the whin, and soon our trousers were covered in tiny scratches.
我们抄近路穿过荆豆丛，裤子上很快就满是小划痕。
The whins on the hill were covered with bright yellow flowers in May.
五月里，山坡上的荆豆开满了鲜黄色的花。
A small fire can quickly spread through dry whin, so we never light one near the field.
干枯的荆豆很容易让小火迅速蔓延，所以我们从不在田边点火。
whin 的复数 whins 常指成片的荆豆丛，谓语用复数。
Whins grow on the moor.
荆豆长在荒野上。
此处 whin 表示成片的荆豆植被，作不可数名词。
The hillside is covered in whin.
山坡被荆豆覆盖。
whin 还可指硬质岩石（whinstone），此时为不可数名词。
The old walls are made of whin.
那些老墙是用暗色岩砌成的。
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荆豆丛，金雀花灌木丛
A yellowhammer perched on a whin bush and sang all morning.
一只黄鹀停在荆豆丛上，唱了一整个早上。
荆豆花
The hillside was bright with whin blossom in early summer.
初夏时节，山坡上开满了明亮的荆豆花。
荆豆树篱，金雀花树篱
The farm was enclosed by a thick whin hedge.
农场被一道茂密的荆豆树篱围着。
长满荆豆的山坡
We walked across a whin-covered hillside to reach the loch.
我们穿过一座长满荆豆的山坡来到湖边。
染料木（一种可提取黄色染料的灌木）
Dyer's whin was once cultivated for the yellow dye obtained from its flowers.
染料木曾因其花可提取黄色染料而被种植。
暗色硬石，辉绿岩（苏格兰用词）
The cottage walls were built of local whin stone.
小屋的墙是用本地的暗色硬石砌成的。
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whin 的 h 像枝条上的尖刺，in 是“在里面”，想象荆豆金黄的花丛里其实藏着刺。
语域：mixed 常见场景：botanical field guides、regional rural speech、nature writing 该词通常用于植物学或地域性口语中，正式书面语里也比较常见于描写植被的场合；中文多译作“荆豆”。由于可指不同豆科灌木，实际使用时应结合上下文判断具体品种。
Genuine rhymes (all end with /ɪn/): win /wɪn/, chin /tʃɪn/, shin /ʃɪn/, thin /θɪn/. Lookalikes to watch: whine /waɪn/ and when /wɛn/ both begin with 'wh' but have different vowel sounds, so they do not rhyme with whin /hwɪn/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.