Bristle

['brɪs(ə)l] or ['brɪsl]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a stiff hair.

(noun.) a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic.

(verb.) react in an offended or angry manner; 'He bristled at her suggestion that he should teach her how to use the program'.

(verb.) rise up as in fear; 'The dog's fur bristled'; 'It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!'.

(verb.) have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles; 'bristling leaves'.

手打:凯西--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A short, stiff, coarse hair, as on the back of swine.

(n.) A stiff, sharp, roundish hair.

(v. t.) To erect the bristles of; to cause to stand up, as the bristles of an angry hog; -- sometimes with up.

(v. t.) To fix a bristle to; as, to bristle a thread.

(v. i.) To rise or stand erect, like bristles.

(v. i.) To appear as if covered with bristles; to have standing, thick and erect, like bristles.

(v. i.) To show defiance or indignation.

唐尼手打

解釋/意思:

n. a short stiff hair as of swine.—v.i. to stand erect as bristles.—v.t. to cover as with bristles: to make bristly:—pr.p. bris′tling; pa.p. brist′led.—adj. Bristled (bris′ld) furnished with bristles.—n. Brist′liness.—adj. Brist′ly set with bristles: rough.—To set up one's bristles to show temper.

編輯:路易斯