bristle
n. 刚毛, 猪鬃 vi. 直立, 发怒, 充满 vt. 使直立
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教材释义与例句
猪鬃；刚毛
发怒；竖起
使（毛发等）直立
释义与例句
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1.
A stiff or coarse hair on a nonhuman mammal or on a plant.
the bristles of a pig
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2.
A chaeta: an analogous filament on arthropods, annelids, or other animals.
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The hairs or other filaments that make up a brush, broom, or similar item, typically made from plant cellulose, animal hairs, or synthetic polymers.
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1.
To fix a bristle or bristles to.
罕用to bristle a thread
For quotations using this term, see Citations:bristle.
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2.
To rise or stand erect, like bristles.
不及物His hair began to bristle with anger when the subject was mentioned.
The cat’s fur bristled when the dog approached.
The soldier’s body would bristle with tension before a battle.
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To abound, to be covered with, or to have an abundance of, something, especially something jutting out.
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To be on one's guard or raise one's defenses; to react with fear, suspicion, or distance.
不及物The employees bristled at the prospect of working through the holidays.
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To make (something) rise or stand erect, like bristles.
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To cause (someone) to be on one's guard or raise one's defenses.
及物Your blatant attitude always bristles me.
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词源
From Middle English bristil, bristel, brustel, from Old English bristl, byrst, *brystl, *byrstel, from Proto-West Germanic *burstilu, diminutive of Proto-West Germanic *bursti, from Proto-Germanic *burstiz (compare Dutch borstel, German Borste (“boar's bristle”), Icelandic burst), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥stís (compare Middle Irish brostaid (“to goad, spur”), Latin fastīgium (“top”), Polish barszcz (“hogweed”)).
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