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bristly

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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bris·tly /ˈbrɪsli/ adjective  1. SHORT/NOT LONGbristly hair is short and stiff 〔毛发〕短而硬的2 HBHa bristly part of your body has short stiff hairs on it 〔身体部位〕长满硬毛的 a bristly chin 胡子拉碴的下巴
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bristlyThe guy was all bristly and red and puffed up, in fatigue pants and a brown shirt.Cluster flies are bristly gray insects, about five times bigger than the ordinary housefly, Musca domestica.Only months before he had held me like this and pressed his bristly mouth against mine.A bitter wind whips across the seared fields and bristly pastures behind the produce stand.Like Taylor, Goodrich was a bristly sort.Old Thorvald was 87 and his jowled face was bristly with white whiskers.
bris·tly adjectiveChineseSyllable
Corpus hair stiff is and bristly short


bristly
bristly /ˈbrɪsli/ adjective
1. bristly hair is short and stiff
2. a bristly part of your body has short stiff hairs on it:
    a bristly chin


brist·lyBrE /ˈbrɪsli/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbrɪsli/ 🔊 adjectivelike or full of bristles; rough 刚毛似的;布满刚毛的;粗糙的a bristly chin/moustache 长满胡茬子的下巴;短而硬的小胡子