prickly

英 [ˈprɪkli]

美 [ˈprɪkli]

adj.  多刺的; 引起刺痛的; 扎疼的; 刺痒的; 易怒的; 爱生气的

比较级：pricklier　

Collins.1 / BNC.15437 / COCA.12304

牛津词典

adj.

• 多刺的
  covered with prickles
  1. a prickly bush
     多刺的灌木
• 引起刺痛的；扎疼的；刺痒的
  causing you to feel as if your skin is touching sth that is covered with prickles
  1. a prickly feeling
     刺痛感
• 易怒的；爱生气的
  easily annoyed or offended
• 棘手的；难处理的；烫手的
  difficult to deal with because people have very different ideas about it
  1. Let's move on to the prickly subject of taxation reform.
     咱们继续讨论下一项税制改革这个棘手的问题吧。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 扎人的；引起刺痛的
  Something that ispricklyfeels rough and uncomfortable, as if it has a lot of prickles.
  1. The bunk mattress was hard, the blankets prickly and slightly damp...
     这个铺位的床垫很硬，毯子也很扎人，而且还有点潮。
  2. The grass was prickly and cold.
     草地扎人，而且很凉。
• ADJ-GRADED 易发怒的；容易生气的
  Someone who ispricklyloses their temper or gets upset very easily.
  1. You know how prickly she is.
     你知道她有多么爱发脾气。
• ADJ-GRADED 棘手的；麻烦的；难处理的
  Apricklyissue or subject is one that is rather complicated and difficult to discuss or resolve.
  1. The issue is likely to prove a prickly one.
     这个问题有可能很棘手。

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:barbedbarbellatebriarybrierybristledbristlyburredburrysetosesetaceousspinythorny
• 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:bristlyspleneticwaspish

双语例句

• Grass of the eastern United States and tropical America having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs.
  美国东部和热带美洲的草，刺果里有小穗。
• I have put pepper and Chinese prickly ash in it.
  但四川菜以麻辣为特色，我在鱼乡肉丝里加了些辣椒和花椒。
• The grass was prickly and cold.
  草地扎人，而且很凉。
• Tropical tree with large prickly pods of seeds that resemble beans and are used for jewelry and rosaries.
  一种热带树，结大而多刺的豆荚，种籽与豆相像，用来作珠宝和念珠。
• The prickly feel of a cactus; the sticky feel of tape or glue;
  多刺仙人掌的感觉，磁带或胶水黏黏的感觉；
• Any prickly shrub of the genus Rubus bearing edible aggregate fruits.
  任何悬钩子属类植物的一种，结可食的、聚生的果实。
• 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。
• Ethically, it's a prickly issue.
  就伦理上来说，那是个棘手的问题。
• In many islands, cacti and prickly bushes replaced the shore arid zone mangrove forest.
  在许多的岛屿上，仙人掌和多刺灌木干旱区取代了岸边的红树林区。
• A North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap.
  一种枫香树属的产于北美洲的树，有多刺的球形果实串和芳香的树汁。