英语词典 · 单词释义
prickly
英 ['prɪklɪ] 美
这里集中整理“prickly”的音标、翻译、词源、例句和近反义词，方便快速确认词义并顺手做词汇积累。
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词义详解
翻译 · 词源 · 例句- adj. 多刺的；刺痛的；易动怒的
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词源 · 例句 · 用法词态变化
比较级: pricklier;最高级: prickliest;
英文词源
- prickly (adj.)
- 1570s, "spiny, armed with prickles" (originally of holly leaves), from prickle (n.) + -y (2). Figurative sense of "irritable" first recorded 1862. Prickly heat is from 1736, so called for the sensation; prickly pear is from 1760 (earlier prickle pear, 1610s). Related: Prickliness.
双语例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The issue is likely to prove a prickly one.
- 这个问题有可能很棘手。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. You know how prickly she is.
- 你知道她有多么爱发脾气。
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- 4. The grass was prickly and cold.
- 草地扎人，而且很凉。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. 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。
来自《权威词典》