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单词 spiny
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Definition of spiny in English:

spiny

adjectivespiniest, spinier ˈspʌɪniˈspaɪni
  • 1Full of or covered with prickles.

    a spiny cactus
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Right in the middle, covering the short spiny grass, was a huge, brilliantly white Colosseum that had seen better days, but still stood sturdy and still.
    • We sharpened sticks with our pocketknives to throw at the ever-present lizards - giant spiny creatures that made the trees their home.
    • Spotted about the rocks and slope is a fairly full selection of UK starfish - common and spiny, biscuit-coloured seven-armed and brightly coloured sunstars.
    • Echimyids earn their common name because most species have spiny or bristly hairs at least on their backs and rumps.
    • Also, the undersides of an osprey's feet are covered in spiny spicules which prevent fish from wriggling free.
    • Some of the cacti are extremely large and most are very spiny.
    • The path through an entrance pavilion (embellished by a Bertoia sculpture) opens into a magical stony garden, a fragment of desert outcrop sprouting spiny cacti and frangipani.
    • Seingô shrieked in rage, and clawed out at him with spiny, thorny arms.
    • They were spiny and long, tipped with sharp spikes.
    • Members of the genus Heriaeus (spiky grass crab spider) are covered with long setae giving them a spiny appearance.
    • Don't be the straggler the predators pick off, be the hedgehog with the pointy spiny spikes - more effort than you're worth.
    • Avoid thorny and spiny plants, which can cause serious eye injuries.
    • But only the spiny puffer combines inflation and pointy spikes in one spectacular defense mechanism.
    • Both the Greater Weever and the Lesser Weever are capable of inflicting a sharp and painful sting from the spiny rays of the first dorsal fin.
    • In their desert habitats their diet consists of spiny cactus, yucca pods, creosote bush, cholla, pinyon nuts, seeds, prickly pear, and any available green vegetation.
    • Spicules are loosely interlocked to form a large and spiny subspherical shell.
    • Buckeyes are dropping from the trees - watch out for the spiny ones - and squirrels bide their time, waiting for undefended focaccia crumbs to hit the ground.
    • There's Toad who has a sharp, spiny tongue about 15 feet long that'll jump out and encircle you and toss you up against the wall.
    • A key characteristic is their well-defined spiny hairs, which cover their body and give them a prickly appearance.
    • Prunus tells us that it is a member of the plum family and spinosa means that it is spiny.
    Synonyms
    prickly, spiky, thorny, thistly, briary, brambly, bristly, bristled, spiked, barbed, pronged, scratchy, sharp
    technical spiculate, spicular, spiniferous, aculeate, barbellate, spinose, spinous, muricate, setaceous
    1. 1.1informal Difficult to understand or handle.
      a spiny problem
      Example sentencesExamples
      • But apparently enamored of their own hype aura, they've spelled out ‘too cool for school’ in wracked and twisted pipe cleaners and call the tangled and spiny mess a second album.
      • More often then not, in any SEO project, the spiny issue of homepage word-count arises in the process of optimizing a client's site.
      • Hi All, I know this is a very spiny issue, but please refrain from posting ads offering analytical services.
      Synonyms
      difficult, puzzling, perplexing, baffling, bewildering, mystifying, knotty, thorny, ticklish, problematic, enigmatic, complicated, complex, intricate, involved, tangled, insoluble, unfathomable, impenetrable, incomprehensible, unanswerable

Derivatives

  • spininess

  • noun ˈspʌɪnɪnəsˈspaɪninəs
    • The leaf shape, color and spininess of English holly are all highly variable.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Ecotypes have also been shown to vary in spininess, flower colour, seed size and time of emergence.
      • Leaf spininess is highly variable from clone to clone, from complete spininess to very few spines.
      • In general, the spininess of the clinkers is inversely proportional to both the thickness of the clinker layer and of the flow itself.
      • Evergreen leaves are simple, alternate, glossy, leather-like and vary in marginal spininess.

Rhymes

briny, Heine, liny, piny, shiny, tiny, whiny
 
 

Definition of spiny in US English:

spiny

adjectiveˈspaɪniˈspīnē
  • 1Full of or covered with prickles.

    a spiny cactus
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Avoid thorny and spiny plants, which can cause serious eye injuries.
    • Some of the cacti are extremely large and most are very spiny.
    • But only the spiny puffer combines inflation and pointy spikes in one spectacular defense mechanism.
    • Right in the middle, covering the short spiny grass, was a huge, brilliantly white Colosseum that had seen better days, but still stood sturdy and still.
    • We sharpened sticks with our pocketknives to throw at the ever-present lizards - giant spiny creatures that made the trees their home.
    • Spicules are loosely interlocked to form a large and spiny subspherical shell.
    • Seingô shrieked in rage, and clawed out at him with spiny, thorny arms.
    • They were spiny and long, tipped with sharp spikes.
    • Spotted about the rocks and slope is a fairly full selection of UK starfish - common and spiny, biscuit-coloured seven-armed and brightly coloured sunstars.
    • In their desert habitats their diet consists of spiny cactus, yucca pods, creosote bush, cholla, pinyon nuts, seeds, prickly pear, and any available green vegetation.
    • Buckeyes are dropping from the trees - watch out for the spiny ones - and squirrels bide their time, waiting for undefended focaccia crumbs to hit the ground.
    • Don't be the straggler the predators pick off, be the hedgehog with the pointy spiny spikes - more effort than you're worth.
    • Members of the genus Heriaeus (spiky grass crab spider) are covered with long setae giving them a spiny appearance.
    • Both the Greater Weever and the Lesser Weever are capable of inflicting a sharp and painful sting from the spiny rays of the first dorsal fin.
    • The path through an entrance pavilion (embellished by a Bertoia sculpture) opens into a magical stony garden, a fragment of desert outcrop sprouting spiny cacti and frangipani.
    • A key characteristic is their well-defined spiny hairs, which cover their body and give them a prickly appearance.
    • Also, the undersides of an osprey's feet are covered in spiny spicules which prevent fish from wriggling free.
    • Echimyids earn their common name because most species have spiny or bristly hairs at least on their backs and rumps.
    • There's Toad who has a sharp, spiny tongue about 15 feet long that'll jump out and encircle you and toss you up against the wall.
    • Prunus tells us that it is a member of the plum family and spinosa means that it is spiny.
    Synonyms
    prickly, spiky, thorny, thistly, briary, brambly, bristly, bristled, spiked, barbed, pronged, scratchy, sharp
    1. 1.1informal Difficult to understand or handle.
      a spiny problem
      Example sentencesExamples
      • More often then not, in any SEO project, the spiny issue of homepage word-count arises in the process of optimizing a client's site.
      • Hi All, I know this is a very spiny issue, but please refrain from posting ads offering analytical services.
      • But apparently enamored of their own hype aura, they've spelled out ‘too cool for school’ in wracked and twisted pipe cleaners and call the tangled and spiny mess a second album.
      Synonyms
      difficult, puzzling, perplexing, baffling, bewildering, mystifying, knotty, thorny, ticklish, problematic, enigmatic, complicated, complex, intricate, involved, tangled, insoluble, unfathomable, impenetrable, incomprehensible, unanswerable
 
 
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