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

• 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。
• Fluttering her bristly black lashes as swiftly as butterflies 'wings ( Margaret Mitchell)
  如蝴蝶翅膀一般忽闪着她浓密的睫毛（玛格丽特米切尔）
• Borne on the bier with white and bristly beard.
  白发飘飘的躺在棺材里。
• A horse with a short bristly mane; bristly shrubs; burred fruits.
  一匹有着短刺鬃毛的马；有刺的灌木；有芒刺的水果。
• 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。
• Common weedy and bristly grass found in nearly all temperate areas.
  几乎所有温带地区都很常见的有刚毛的杂草。
• Young broad-leaved endive plant deprived of light to form a narrow whitish head. small semi-evergreen shrubby tree of southeastern United States having hairy young branchlets and leaves narrowing to a slender bristly point.
  宽叶的嫩菊苣，由于缺少日光照射，致使头部窄小发白。美国东南部的一种灌木状小栎树，幼枝有绒毛，叶窄，形成刚毛状尖端。
• Large shrub or small tree of the eastern United States having bristly stems and large clusters of pink flowers.
  美国东部的一种大灌木或小乔木，茎有刚毛，花簇大、粉红色。
• Small semi-evergreen shrubby tree of southeastern United States having hairy young branchlets and leaves narrowing to a slender bristly point. Javanese foliage plant grown for their handsome velvety leaves with violet-purple hairs.
  美国东南部的一种灌木状小栎树，幼枝有绒毛，叶窄，形成刚毛状尖端。爪哇宽叶植物，由于它的美丽的带着紫罗兰色绒毛的天鹅绒般的树叶而被载植。
• The public seems to like his bristly nationalism.
  公众似乎喜欢他这种生硬的民族主义。