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。
• Having a head of straight hair cut very short ( hence bristly).
  头上长着剪得非常短（因而也就短硬）的直头发。
• Grasses of the genera Alopecurus and Setaria having dense silky or bristly brushlike flowering spikes.
  看麦娘属和狗尾草属草本植物，有密集的绢状或硬刷状花穗。
• Ground pine thickly covered with bristly leaves; widely distributed in barren sandy or peaty moist coastal regions of eastern and southeastern United States.
  长有毛状叶的石松；广泛分布于美国东部和东南部贫瘠的沙地或泥炭沼泽地区。
• 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。
• But she smiled when she spoke, consciously deepening her dimple and fluttering her bristly black lashes as swiftly as butterflies'wings.
  不过她说话时总是面带微笑，刻意加深脸的酒窝，同时把像蝴蝶翅膀似的两圈又硬又黑的睫毛迅速地扇动起来。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Suddenly he turned and she could see his profile: a long horse-like face with a snub-nose, standout ears and bristly shock of hair.
  俄而他转过一个侧形来，野马似的一张长脸，却又是缩鼻子，招风大耳朵，头发像鬃刷。