英语释义

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.;

  "a horse with a short bristly mane"

  "bristly shrubs"

  "burred fruits"

  "setaceous whiskers"

• very irritable;

  "bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"

  "he became prickly and spiteful"

  "witty and waspish about his colleagues"

片语

prickly pear仙人掌，仙人球；霸王树（仙人掌的一种）

prickly ash美洲花椒（等于toothache tree）

Prickly moustache须髯如戟

prickly spruce山地松

prickly heat[皮肤] 痱子

Prickly Lettuce European annual wild lettuce having prickly stems; a troublesome weed in parts of United States

同义词： horse thistle Lactuca serriola Lactuca scariola

Prickly amaranth刺苋

prickly het痱子

prickly sensation针刺般痛的感觉

prickly bur美国栗果

英汉例句

• it is a prickly country, proud of its history and wary of the other great peoples—arabs, turks and russians—who ring it.

  这是个敏感的国家，为其历史感到骄傲并且对其他环绕他的大民族——如阿拉伯、土耳其以及俄国人保持警惕。

• the child probably overheard their voices; for, looking up to the window, with a bright, but naughty smile of mirth and intelligence, she threw one of the prickly burrs at the reverend mr. dimmesdale.

  那孩子可能是远远听到了他俩的声音；因为她抬头看着窗户，面带欢快而聪明的顽皮笑容，朝丁梅斯代尔牧师先生扔上一颗带刺的牛蒡。

• in reply to her mother「s command and entreaty that she would behave more decorously, little pearl paused to gather the prickly burrs from a tall burdock which grew beside the tomb.

  听到她母亲又是命令又是恳求地要她放规矩些，小珠儿才不再跳舞，从长在墓旁的一株高大的牛蒡上采集多刺的果实。

• don」t panic —it「s the tough core of the pineapple, not the prickly skin you should tuck into.

  先别怕，不是要你吃多刺的菠萝皮，而是中间较硬的菠萝果心。

• don」t worry. the prickly ash in the mapo bean curd is disinfecting your tongue!

  不要慌，麻婆豆腐里的花椒正在给你的舌头消毒!

• the ancient fecal material, or coprolite, was littered with seared prickly pear seeds—a food prepared and cooked by humans—and flecked with small bones from fish, birds, and rodents.

  这块古代粪便物或称粪化石同烧焦的多刺梨种子（一种人类烹制的食物）散落在一起，还混杂着来自鱼、鸟、啮齿目动物的小块骨头。

• semi-climbing prickly evergreen shrub of tropical america having compound leaves sensitive to light and touch.

  热带美洲的半爬的多刺的常青灌木，有复合的叶子，对光和触摸很敏感。

• many of the species native to california, such as the prickly chaparral, rely on fires to propagate.

  加利福尼亚有许多土生土长的物种需要依靠火灾才能繁衍增殖，比如多刺的灌木丛。

• the team obtained the date of 9260 years ago for the coprolite by radiocarbon dating one of the prickly pear seeds inside.

  研究小组用碳→14年代测定法测定一颗刺梨种子的内部，把粪化石的年代确定为9260年以前。

• bruised by the founder’s tendency to dismiss or ignore his suggestions, edwards comes to page’s office to offer an olive branch and try to ingratiate himself with his prickly boss.

  面临着被老总解雇或者蔑视他建议的伤害，爱德华兹来到佩奇的办公室抛出了橄榄枝，希望能迎合他那浑身是刺的老总。

• but it also raises the prickly question of competition.

  但是这也引发了棘手的竞争问题。

• somalia's prickly prime minister, ali mohamed gedi, was furious when mr yusuf signed oil agreements without telling him, including one with a chinese company.

  索马里那易动怒的首相alimohamedgedi，当优素福签订石油合同――包括一个同中国公司的――而没有告诉他时不禁勃然大怒。

相似词

sharpad 急剧地；锐利地；突然地

stinging激烈的；刺人的；刺一样的