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  • n. 短而硬的毛发; v. ( 毛) 竖起; 发怒
  • [英] n. 短而硬的毛发 ( short stiff hair) ; v. ( 毛) 竖起; 发怒 ( fur stand up stiffly in fear or anger )
  • [类] 反义词: cower ( 畏缩)
  • [同] 近形词: brittle ( 易碎的) ; gristle ( n.软骨)

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I. noun

  • Etymology: Middle English bristil, from brust bristle, from Old English byrst; akin to Old High German burst bristle, and perhaps to Latin fastigium top
  • Date: 14th century
  • a short stiff coarse hair or filament
  • ? bristlelike adjective

II. verb (bristled; bristling)

  • Date: 15th century
  • transitive verb
    • 1. to furnish with bristles
    • 2. to make bristly ; ruffle
  • intransitive verb
    • 1.
      • a. to rise and stand stiffly erect <quills bristling>
      • b. to raise the bristles (as in anger)
    • 2. to take on an aggressively defensive attitude (as in response to a slight or criticism) <he bristled at the accusations of corruption>
    • 3.
      • a. to be full of or covered with especially something suggestive of bristles <roofs bristled with chimneys>
      • b. to be full of something specified <book bristles with detail and irony — W. J. Broad>


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