Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense, plural bristles, present participle bristling, past tense, past participle bristled
1N-COUNT [usually plural]胡子茬儿;(胡须剃后长出的)粗硬短须;(男子头顶处的)短发Bristles are the short hairs that grow on a man's chin after he has shaved. The hairs on the top of a man's head can also be called bristles when they are cut very short. 胡子茬儿;(胡须剃后长出的)粗硬短须;(男子头顶处的)短发
...two days' growth of bristles.
两天没剃长出的胡子茬儿
He rubbed his hands over the soft bristles of his crew cut.
4VERB (因寒冷、恐惧或愤怒)毛发直立 If the hair on a person's or animal's body bristles, it rises away from their skin because they are cold, frightened, or angry. (因寒冷、恐惧或愤怒)毛发直立
It makes the hairs at the nape of the neck bristle. [VERB]
这使人毛骨悚然。
Cats yowl. My dog's hair bristles in response. [VERB]
5VERB 发怒;生气 If you bristle at something, you react to it angrily, and show this in your expression or the way you move. 发怒;生气 [Also VERB]
Ellis bristles at accusations that Berkeley's experiment is ill-conceived. [Vat/with n]
埃利斯对有人指责伯克利的实验考虑不够周密感到气愤。
He bristled with indignation at the suggestion that he was racist. [Vat/with n]
有人暗示他是个种族主义者,他对此十分恼火。
6VERB 充满;满是 If you say that a place or thing bristles with people or with other things, you are emphasizing that it contains a great number of them. 充满;满是 [emphasis]
The country bristles with armed groups. [VERBwith noun]
这个国家到处都是武装团伙。
The idea fairly bristles with controversy. [VERBwith noun]
这个想法存有诸多争议。
Their vocabulary bristles fashionably with talk of federalism. [VERBwith noun]