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

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

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

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。
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。
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。
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。
Borne on the bier with white and bristly beard.
白发飘飘的躺在棺材里。
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。
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。
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）
Family of bristly hairy sometimes climbing plants; America and Africa and southern Arabia.
有时为攀援植物具有刚毛的科；产于美洲非洲和南阿拉伯半岛。
His bristly red hair was standing on end.
他粗硬的红头发根根直立。