bristle 音标拼音: [br'ɪsəl]
n . 刚毛,猪鬃
vi . 直立,发怒,充满
vt . 使直立
刚毛,猪鬃直立,发怒,充满使直立
bristle n 1 :
a stiff fiber (
coarse hair or filament );
natural or synthetic 2 :
a stiff hair v 1 :
be in a state of movement or action ; "
The room abounded with screaming children "; "
The garden bristled with toddlers " [
synonym : {
abound }, {
burst }, {
bristle }]
2 :
rise up as in fear ; "
The dog '
s fur bristled "; "
It was a sight to make one '
s hair uprise !" [
synonym : {
bristle }, {
uprise }, {
stand up }]
3 :
have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles ;
"
bristling leaves "
4 :
react in an offended or angry manner ; "
He bristled at her suggestion that he should teach her how to use the program "
Bristle \
Bris "
tle \,
v .
i .
1 .
To rise or stand erect ,
like bristles .
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His hair did bristle upon his head . --
Sir W .
Scott .
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2 .
To appear as if covered with bristles ;
to have standing ,
thick and erect ,
like bristles .
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The hill of La Haye Sainte bristling with ten thousand bayonets . --
Thackeray .
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Ports bristling with thousands of masts . --
Macaulay .
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3 .
To show defiance or indignation .
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{
To bristle up },
to show anger or defiance .
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Bristle \
Bris "
tle \ (
br [
i ^]
s "
s '
l ),
n . [
OE .
bristel ,
brustel ,
AS .
bristl ,
byrst ;
akin to D .
borstel ,
OHG .
burst ,
G .
borste ,
Icel .
burst ,
Sw .
borst ,
and to Skr .
bh [.
r ]
shti edge ,
point ,
and prob ,
L .
fastigium extremity ,
Gr . '
a `
flaston stern of a ship ,
and E .
brush ,
burr ,
perh .
to brad . [
root ]
96 .]
1 .
A short ,
stiff ,
coarse hair ,
as on the back of swine .
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2 . (
Bot .)
A stiff ,
sharp ,
roundish hair . --
Gray .
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Bristle \
Bris "
tle \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Bristled };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Bristling }.]
1 .
To erect the bristles of ;
to cause to stand up ,
as the bristles of an angry hog ; --
sometimes with up .
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Now for the bare -
picked bone of majesty Doth dogged war bristle his angry crest . --
Shak .
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Boy ,
bristle thy courage up . --
Shak .
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2 .
To fix a bristle to ;
as ,
to bristle a thread .
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172 Moby Thesaurus words for "
bristle ":
Vandyke ,
acuminate ,
aggravate ,
anger ,
annoy ,
arise ,
arouse ,
badger ,
bait ,
barb ,
barbel ,
be alive ,
be at ,
be keen ,
beard ,
beaver ,
bedevil ,
beset ,
bite ,
blow up ,
boil ,
boil over ,
bother ,
bramble ,
bridle ,
bridle up ,
brier ,
bristle up ,
bristle with ,
bristles ,
brown off ,
bug ,
bullyrag ,
burn ,
burn up ,
burr ,
cactus ,
capillament ,
catchweed ,
chafe ,
chivy ,
cilium ,
cleavers ,
coat ,
cock up ,
corrugate ,
crawl ,
crinkle ,
crumple ,
cut ,
devil ,
discompose ,
distemper ,
disturb ,
dog ,
down ,
embitter ,
exasperate ,
exercise ,
fash ,
flare up ,
fleece ,
flip out ,
fret ,
fume ,
fur ,
get ,
get mad ,
get sore ,
get up ,
goatee ,
goose grass ,
gripe ,
hair ,
harass ,
harry ,
have an edge ,
heckle ,
hector ,
horripilate ,
horsehair ,
hound ,
huff ,
imperial ,
incense ,
inflame ,
irk ,
irritate ,
jump up ,
mane ,
miff ,
molest ,
nag ,
needle ,
nettle ,
nudzh ,
peach fuzz ,
peeve ,
pelt ,
persecute ,
pester ,
pick on ,
pile ,
pine needle ,
pique ,
plague ,
pluck the beard ,
pother ,
prick ,
prickle ,
provoke ,
pubescence ,
pubic hair ,
quill ,
rage ,
ramp ,
rankle ,
reach boiling point ,
rear ,
rear up ,
ride ,
rile ,
rise ,
rise up ,
roil ,
ruffle ,
rumple ,
see red ,
seethe ,
set on edge ,
set up ,
seta ,
setula ,
setule ,
shag ,
side whiskers ,
sit bolt upright ,
sit up ,
spicule ,
spiculum ,
spike ,
spikelet ,
spine ,
stand up ,
stick ,
stick up ,
sticker ,
sting ,
stir the blood ,
stir up ,
striga ,
stubble ,
swarm ,
tease ,
teem ,
thistle ,
thorn ,
torment ,
try the patience ,
tuft ,
tweak the nose ,
upheave ,
uprear ,
uprise ,
vex ,
whisker ,
whiskers ,
wool ,
work up ,
worry ,
wrinkle ,
yucca
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