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spiny

/spahy-nee/US // ˈspaɪ ni //UK // (ˈspaɪnɪ) //

有刺,有刺的,带刺,带刺的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    spin·i·er, spin·i·est.

    • : abounding in or having spines; thorny, as a plant.
    • : covered with or having sharp-pointed processes, as an animal.
    • : in the form of a spine; resembling a spine; spinelike.
    • : troublesome or difficult to handle; thorny: a spiny problem.

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Examples

  • While it’s one of the continent’s largest rodents— measuring up to three feet in length—this spiny friend is nothing to be afraid of.

  • Meanwhile, its spiny claws combed through the sediment and drew prey towards its mouth.

  • The spiny water flea is being studied and monitored in Ontario’s Quetico Provincial Park and Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

  • When Spiny Norman, the giant hedgehog, goes looking for the Dimsdale brothers in Monty Python.

  • The rules were fairly lax, and we watched Spiny Norman shouting “Dimsdale!”

  • Here and there a cactus plant thrust spiny arms into the air.

  • Acanthopterygian, ak-an-thop-tėr-ij′i-an, adj. having spiny fins.

  • A veritable hail of thunderbolts now crashed down upon the creature's spiny back.

  • The erect flower-stem terminates in a large round head of numerous imbricated oval spiny scales which surround the flowers.

  • Astragalus, a genus of papilionaceous plants, herbaceous or shrubby, and often spiny.