bristles

英 [ˈbrɪslz]

美 [ˈbrɪslz]

n.  短而硬的毛发; 刚毛; 刷子毛
v.  (对某人的言行)大为恼怒; 被激怒; (背部或颈部的毛因惊吓或发怒)竖起，耸起
bristle的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 胡子茬儿；（胡须剃后长出的）粗硬短须；（男子头顶处的）短发
  Bristlesare the short hairs that grow on a man's chin after he has shaved. The hairs on the top of a man's head can also be calledbristleswhen they are cut very short.
  1. ...two days' growth of bristles...
     两天没剃长出的胡子茬儿
  2. He rubbed his hands over the soft bristles of his crew cut.
     他用双手摸了摸他平头上柔软的短发。
• N-COUNT （刷子的）毛
  Thebristlesof a brush are the thick hairs or hair-like pieces of plastic which are attached to it.
  1. As soon as the bristles on your toothbrush begin to wear, throw it out.
     牙刷毛一开始磨损，就把它扔掉。
• N-COUNT （动物身上的）鬃毛，刚毛
  Bristlesare thick, strong animal hairs that feel hard and rough.
  1. It has a short stumpy tail covered with bristles.
     它粗短的尾巴上鬃毛浓密。
• VERB （因寒冷、恐惧或愤怒）毛发直立
  If the hair on a person's or animal's bodybristles, it rises away from their skin because they are cold, frightened, or angry.
  1. It makes the hairs at the nape of the neck bristle...
     这使人毛骨悚然。
  2. Cats yowl. My dog's hair bristles in response.
     这些猫的哀叫引得我的狗毛发竖立。
• VERB 发怒；生气
  If youbristle atsomething, you react to it angrily, and show this in your expression or the way you move.
  1. Ellis bristles at accusations that Berkeley's experiment is ill-conceived...
     埃利斯对有人指责伯克利的实验考虑不够周密感到气愤。
  2. He bristled with indignation at the suggestion that he was racist.
     有人暗示他是个种族主义者，他对此十分恼火。
• VERB 充满；满是
  If you say that a place or thingbristles withpeople or with other things, you are emphasizing that it contains a great number of them.
  1. The country bristles with armed groups...
     这个国家到处都是武装团伙。
  2. The idea fairly bristles with controversy...
     这个想法存有诸多争议。
  3. Their vocabulary bristles fashionably with talk of federalism.
     他们开口闭口都是联邦制度，满口时髦词汇。

双语例句

• Cats yowl. My dog's hair bristles in response.
  这些猫的哀叫引得我的狗毛发竖立。
• Consisting of or similar to bristles.
  刚毛的由刚毛组成的或与之相似的。
• As soon as the bristles on your toothbrush begin to wear, throw it out.
  牙刷毛一开始磨损，就把它扔掉。
• You know very well that market for bristles has gone up a great deal in recent months.
  你很了解，近月来猪鬃市场涨得很多。
• Bristles stimulate the scalp and distribute sebum all the way down the hair shaft.
  可以刺激头皮，而且还能头皮上的皮脂顺着头发梳下来。
• The shaving brush bristles will lift the hair up off the skin.
  用牙刷或者类似的东西擦剃须膏，这能使毛发与皮肤分离。
• Grasses of grasslands and woodlands having large gracefully arching spikes with long bristles beneath each spikelet.
  草原林地草，有巨大优美的拱形穗，每个小穗下有长长的刚毛。
• ( of plants such as dandelions and thistles) having pappi or tufts of featherlike hairs or delicate bristles.
  （指类似蒲公英和蓟之类的植物）有由像羽毛一样的毛发或者精致的刺毛组成的冠毛或者丛毛。
• The only paintbrushes we could find were old and had lost most of their bristles.
  我们能找到的几把油漆刷都已经旧了，毛都掉了大半。
• The brush is made of animal bristles.
  刷子是用动物的鬃毛制成的。