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bristling

/bris-uhl/US // ˈbrɪs əl //UK // (ˈbrɪsəl) //

昂首挺胸,昂首阔步,昂首挺胸的,昂首阔步的

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : one of the short, stiff, coarse hairs of certain animals, especially hogs, used extensively in making brushes.
    • : anything resembling these hairs.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    bris·tled, bris·tling.

    • : to stand or rise stiffly, like bristles.
    • : to erect the bristles, as an irritated animal: 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.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    bris·tled, bris·tling.

    • : to erect like bristles: The rooster bristled his crest.
    • : to furnish with a bristle or bristles.
    • : to make bristly.

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Examples

  • This set of two Oxo scrub brushes is designed for the hardest to reach, toughest stains, with durable nylon bristles and comfortable no-slip grips.

  • Avoid wringing out a brush after washing, which can damage its bristles, Lee said.

  • If you don’t, “the bristles tend to get frayed and do not effectively remove as much bacteria and plaque from your mouth,” she says.

  • But the tanks with their guns bristling ominously toward Syrian territory failed to respond to the shelling.

  • The Caiman offers a range of option packages, from bristling-with-machine-guns, to monster-truck-field-hospital.

  • Security guards stand about, bristling with straps and guns and billy clubs.

  • The National Rifle Association was always there bristling on the barricades of opposition.

  • In what way, exactly, is a nation bristling with armaments like people gunned down by the Einsatzgruppen?

  • His face was hidden beneath a beard of bristling, bushy red, and he had a sharp hook nose and small, bright eyes.

  • The duke was agricultural above all things; he had a model estate bristling with scientific improvement.

  • With his hair bristling, Balsamo receded to the door, uncertain whether to flee or remain.

  • His overcoat was army blue, but he wore a bristling fur cap, and his rifle was slung on his back.

  • Two of the dark-grey masses, bristling with steel on our front, began to move towards the battery.