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

• Type genus of the Papaveraceae; chiefly bristly hairy herbs with usually showy flowers.
  罂粟科的模式属；主要为带钢毛的草本植物，花常美丽。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• His bristly red hair was standing on end.
  他粗硬的红头发根根直立。
• 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 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。
• Genus of herbs found chiefly in north temperate regions having pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by bristly fruit.
  主要发现在北部温和地区长有羽状叶子黄花并结有刚毛的果实的草本的属。
• 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。