bristly

adj.

1. 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

1. ADJ-GRADED （毛发）粗硬的
   Bristly hair is thick and rough.
   1. His bristly red hair was standing on end.
      他粗硬的红头发根根直立。
2. ADJ-GRADED （下巴）多胡茬儿的，多硬毛的
   If a man's chin is bristly, 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

1. His bristly red hair was standing on end.
   他粗硬的红头发根根直立。
2. 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。
3. The public seems to like his bristly nationalism.
   公众似乎喜欢他这种生硬的民族主义。
4. 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。
5. Gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers.
   北美东部的龙胆，有丛生的、有刚毛的蓝色花。
6. Ground pine thickly covered with bristly leaves; widely distributed in barren sandy or peaty moist coastal regions of eastern and southeastern United States.
   长有毛状叶的石松；广泛分布于美国东部和东南部贫瘠的沙地或泥炭沼泽地区。
7. 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。
8. 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！
9. 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。
10. 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。
11. 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。
12. 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。
13. 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）
14. 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。
15. 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。
16. He had a bristly moustache.
    他嘴唇上长着一撇粗硬的胡子。
17. 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。
18. 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。
19. 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。
20. Large shrub or small tree of the eastern United States having bristly stems and large clusters of pink flowers.
    美国东部的一种大灌木或小乔木，茎有刚毛，花簇大、粉红色。
21. 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。
22. 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。
23. Chinese deciduous shrub with yellow-throated pinkish flowers and bristly fruit; often cultivated as an ornamental.
    中国的一种落叶灌木，粉红色花、具有黄色喉部，果实包被以刺毛；常作为观赏植物栽培。
24. 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。
25. 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。
26. 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。
27. 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。
28. Borne on the bier with white and bristly beard.
    白发飘飘的躺在棺材里。
29. 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。
30. A small monkey ( Presbytis entellus) of southern Asia, having bristly hairs on the crown and the sides of the face.
    长尾猴一种南亚产的头颈部和脸两边有直立毛发的小猴子（神猴叶猴属）

adj

1. 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

2. 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