引言：

Heavy is the crown.

thorn /θɔːn/

1.

N-COUNT (某些植物、树木上的)刺，棘刺

Thorns are the sharp points on some plants and trees, for example on a rose bush.

Roses will always have thorns but with care they can be avoided.

玫瑰花上都有刺，不过只要小心就碰不到。

2.

N-VAR 荆棘;带刺的树;带刺小灌木

A thorn or a thorn bush or a thorn tree is a bush or tree which has a lot of thorns on it.

the shade of a thorn bush.

一丛荆棘下的阴凉

3.

PHRASE 肉中刺;长期困扰的问题

If you describe someone or something as a thorn in your side or a thorn in your flesh, you mean that they are a continuous problem to you or annoy you.

She's a real thorn in his side.

她真叫他头疼。

throne /θrəʊn/

noun

1.

[可数名词] （国王、女王的）御座，宝座

a special chair used by a king or queen to sit on at ceremonies

2.

the throne

[单数名词] 王位；王权；帝位

the position of being a king or queen

Queen Elizabeth came/succeeded to the throne in 1952.

伊丽莎白女王于1952年即位 / 登基。

when Henry VIII was on the throne (= was king)

亨利八世在位时

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