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

• My eyes feel dry and prickly.
  我的眼睛又干涩又有刺痛感。
• 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。
• 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。
• Prickly yellow-flowered shrub of the moors of New England and Europe.
  产于新英格兰和欧洲沼泽的、多刺的一种灌木，花黄色。
• 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。
• Any of various prickly climbing plants of the tropical American genus Smilax having aromatic roots and heart-shaped leaves.
  任何热带美洲菝葜属多刺攀援植物，有芳香的根和心形叶子。
• Round or pear-shaped spiny fruit of any of various prickly pear cacti.
  圆形或梨形的多刺水果，各种仙人掌科刺梨的果实。
• Ethically, it's a prickly issue.
  就伦理上来说，那是个棘手的问题。
• 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。
• The child's rubber ball punctured when it fell on a prickly bush.
  那小孩的皮球落在带刺的树丛上时被戳破了。