Bristle



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• 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)

Webster Collegiate

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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