Gai (trên cây)

Bụi gai

( (thường) trong từ ghép) cây có gai, cây bụi có gai

blackthorn

cây mận gai

hawthorn

cây táo gai

(nghĩa bóng) sự khó khăn

to be on thorns

ngồi trên đống lửa, đi trên chông gai, lo lắng không yên

a thorn in one's side/flesh

cái gai trước mắt

Barb, spine, spike, prickle, bristle, brier, bur or burr,point, bramble, cocklebur: My sleeve caught on the thorn andtore.

Often, thorn in (one's) side. bother, irritation,annoyance, nuisance, vexation, torment, torture, scourge,plague, affliction, irritant, bane, Colloq pain in the neck,Taboo slang pain in the Brit arse or US ass: His naggingbrother has been a thorn in his side for years.

A stiff sharp-pointed projection on a plant.

Athorn-bearing shrub or tree.

The name of an Old English andIcelandic runic letter, = th.

The pricklyfruit of this. a thorn in one's flesh (or side) a constantannoyance.

Thornless adj. thornproof adj. [OE f. Gmc]