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

• Bristly fly whose larvae live parasitically in caterpillars and other insects; important in control of noxious insects.
  有刚毛的苍蝇，其幼虫寄生在毛虫或其它昆虫的身上；在控制有害昆虫方面很重要。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The public seems to like his bristly nationalism.
  公众似乎喜欢他这种生硬的民族主义。
• Millet having orange to reddish grains in long bristly spikes.
  在长刚毛的长穗里生有橙色到带有红色谷粒的粟。