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

• Much-branched South African plant with reddish prickly succulent leaves.
  南非多枝的植物，有带红色的肉质多刺的叶子。
• Genus of tropical American prickly herbs or subshrubs.
  产于热带美洲的一个多刺草本或亚灌木属。
• Ethically, it's a prickly issue.
  就伦理上来说，那是个棘手的问题。
• Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips.
  一种欧亚蔷薇，茎多刺，叶芳香，花淡粉红色，果实深红色。
• Children never picked its blossoms, and travelers avoided the prickly bush.
  小孩子们从来不去摘它的花，路过的旅客也避开这棵刺人的树欉。
• The grass was prickly and cold.
  草地扎人，而且很凉。
• Genus of prickly shrubs and small trees of the Caribbean region; source of a durable hardwood.
  一种加勒比海地区多刺的灌木丛和小乔木属；木材硬，十分耐用。
• 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。
• 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。
• Any of various plants of the genus Echinops having prickly leaves and dense globose heads of bluish flowers.
  蓝刺头属植物中的任意一种，具有带刺的叶和浓密的球状蓝花头序。