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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 bristly herbs or subshrubs of western America lacking stinging hairs.
  美洲西部的一个具刚毛的草本或亚灌木属，缺乏刺一样的绒毛。
• 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。
• Your bristly chin tickles me when we kiss!
  我们亲吻时，你胡子拉碴的下巴扎着我了！
• 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。