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。

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。

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