bristly

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Covered with bristles.
    — He was a short man with a long hooked nose. A blue skull-cap with a red border scarcely covered his head of bristly grey hair, and a short-bodied but long Ringerike coat of dark grey frieze with worn velvet borders served to make the roundness and crookedness of his back still more conspicuous.
  2. Easily antagonized; irascible; prone to bristling.

词形变化

bristlier comparative bristliest superlative brisly alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
bristliness bristly bellflower bristly foxtail bristly hawksbeard bristly Matilija poppy bristly mouse painted bristly mouse

词源

From Middle English bristli, brustly, equivalent to bristle + -y.
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