释义
[ bris -uh l ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈbrɪs əl / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun one of the short, stiff, coarse hairs of certain animals, especially hogs, used extensively in making brushes.
anything resembling these hairs.
verb (used without object), bris·tled, bris·tling. to stand or rise stiffly, like bristles.
to erect the bristles, as an irritated animal (often followed by up ): The hog bristled up.
to become rigid with anger or irritation: The man bristled when I asked him to move.
to be thickly set or filled with something suggestive of bristles: The plain bristled with bayonets. The project bristled with difficulties.
to be visibly roused or stirred (usually followed by up ).
SEE MORE SEE LESS verb (used with object), bris·tled, bris·tling. to erect like bristles: The rooster bristled his crest.
to furnish with a bristle or bristles.
SEE MORE SEE LESS Origin of bristle before 1000; Middle English bristel, equivalent to brist (Old English byrst bristle, cognate with German Borste, Old Norse burst ) + -el diminutive suffix
OTHER WORDS FROM bristle bris·tle·less, adjective bris·tle·like, adjective non·bris·tled, adjective un·bris·tled, adjective Words nearby bristle brisken, brisket, brisling, Brisso, Brissot, bristle , bristlebird, bristlecone pine, bristle-grass, bristlemouth, bristletail
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Example sentences from the Web for bristle Americans tend to bristle even at self-censorship; we are reluctant to declare that we simply are not going to look at something.
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Unless I know nothing of Germany, Germany will bristle with "denkmals" to keep open all such sores.
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Thou wilt tell them,thy mutineers,that rapier points and pike-points fly on end and bristle for such as thee?
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The hair on the back of his neck begins to bristle , and the battle-light is in his yellow eyes.
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I push on the end of the hog's bristle , which continues to invest the polype.
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They are very slow in their movement, and when affronted make a peculiar grunting noise, and bristle up the hair of their back.
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British Dictionary definitions for bristle noun any short stiff hair of an animal or plant
something resembling these hair toothbrush bristle
verb (when intr , often foll by up ) to stand up or cause to stand up like bristles the angry cat's fur bristled
(intr sometimes foll by up ) to show anger, indignation, etc she bristled at the suggestion
(intr) to be thickly covered or set the target bristled with arrows
(intr) to be in a state of agitation or movement the office was bristling with activity
(tr) to provide with a bristle or bristles
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Derived forms of bristle bristly , adjective Word Origin for bristle C13 bristil , brustel , from earlier brust , from Old English byrst ; related to Old Norse burst , Old High German borst
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