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单词 prickleback
释义

prickle /prikˈl/

noun
  1. A sharp point growing from the epidermis of a plant or from the skin of an animal
  2. A prickling sensation
  3. A little prick
transitive verb and intransitive verb

To prick slightly

intransitive verb

To have a prickly feeling

ORIGIN: OE pricel

prickˈliness noun

prickˈling noun and adjective

prickˈly adjective

  1. Full of or covered with prickles
  2. Tingling as if prickled
  3. Easily annoyed, irritable, thin-skinned
  4. Potentially controversial

prickˈleback noun

The stickleback

prickly ash noun

The toothache tree (genus Xanthoxylum)

prickly heat noun

A skin disease, inflammation of the sweat glands with intense irritation

prickly pear noun

  1. A cactaceous genus (Opuntia) with clusters of prickles
  2. Its pear-shaped fruit

prickly poppy noun

A flowering plant of the poppy family with prickly leaves (genus Argemone)

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