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prickly

英['prɪklɪ] 美
  • adj. 多刺的;刺痛的;易动怒的

英英释意


1. very irritable;
"bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"
"he became prickly and spiteful"
"witty and waspish about his colleagues"
2. having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.;
"a horse with a short bristly mane"
"bristly shrubs"
"burred fruits"
"setaceous whiskers"