bristly

英 [ˈbrɪsli]

美 [ˈbrɪsli]

adj.  刚毛似的; 布满刚毛的; 粗糙的

BNC.33623 / COCA.24091

牛津词典

adj.

• 刚毛似的；布满刚毛的；粗糙的
  like or full of bristles ; rough
  1. a bristly chin/moustache
     长满胡楂子的下巴；短而硬的小胡子

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （毛发）粗硬的
  Bristlyhair is thick and rough.
  1. His bristly red hair was standing on end.
     他粗硬的红头发根根直立。
• ADJ-GRADED （下巴）多胡茬儿的，多硬毛的
  If a man's chin isbristly, it is covered with bristles because he has not shaved recently.
  1. ...the giant's bristly cheek.
     那个巨人胡须浓密的面颊

英英释义

adj

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
  1. a horse with a short bristly mane
  2. bristly shrubs
  3. burred fruits
  4. setaceous whiskers
  Synonym:barbedbarbellatebriarybrierybristledburredburrypricklysetosesetaceousspinythorny
• very irritable
  1. bristly exchanges between the White House and the press
  2. he became prickly and spiteful
  3. witty and waspish about his colleagues
  Synonym:pricklyspleneticwaspish

双语例句

• The public seems to like his bristly nationalism.
  公众似乎喜欢他这种生硬的民族主义。
• Low-growing bristly shrub of southern Oregon and California with creeping rootstocks and usually corymbose flowers.
  俄勒冈南部和加利福尼亚的一种矮生灌木，有刚毛和匍匐根茎，通常为伞房花序。
• He scratched his bristly head, and let me go.
  他挠了挠那没长多长头发的脑袋，放开了我。
• Genus of bristly herbs or subshrubs of western America lacking stinging hairs.
  美洲西部的一个具刚毛的草本或亚灌木属，缺乏刺一样的绒毛。
• He had a bristly moustache.
  他嘴唇上长着一撇粗硬的胡子。
• Small tropical American tree bearing a bristly heart-shaped acid tropical fruit.
  美洲热带小型树种，被刚毛心形果实，带酸味。
• Gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers.
  北美东部的龙胆，有丛生的、有刚毛的蓝色花。
• Bristly exchanges between the White House and the press; he became prickly and spiteful; witty and waspish about his colleagues.
  白宫和新闻界之间非常敏感的交流；他变得敏感、爱记恨；对他的同事揶揄、刻毒。
• Chinese deciduous shrub with yellow-throated pinkish flowers and bristly fruit; often cultivated as an ornamental.
  中国的一种落叶灌木，粉红色花、具有黄色喉部，果实包被以刺毛；常作为观赏植物栽培。
• Bristly herb of eastern and central North America having black fruit and medicinal bark.
  北美中部和东部的一种具有刚毛的草本植物，果实黑色、皮可药用。