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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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）
• 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。
• His bristly red hair was standing on end.
  他粗硬的红头发根根直立。
• Borne on the bier with white and bristly beard.
  白发飘飘的躺在棺材里。