prickly

名词 n. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Something that gives a pricking sensation; a sharp object. colloquial
    — Below, way out on the flat, Blue had seen a light green that could be graze but up here was nothing 'cept all kinds of prickly bushes, and too many of them. Ground-spreading pricklies that reached out to jump at a horse's belly […]
形容词 adj.
  1. Covered with sharp points.
    — The prickly pear is a cactus; you have to peel it before eating it to remove the spines and the tough skin.
  2. Easily irritated. figuratively
    — He has a prickly personality. He doesn't get along with people because he is easily set off.
  3. Difficult; complicated; hairy or thorny. figuratively
    — It was a prickly situation.
副词 adv.
  1. In a prickly manner.
    — Striding across stage in his bright white jacket, his voice soaring and cracking – like Charlie Parker’s – he was nervous but prickly eloquent, caustic yet encouraging.

词形变化

pricklier comparative prickliest superlative more prickly comparative most prickly superlative pricklies plural

词汇关系

衍生词
nonprickly prickliness prickly ash prickly chaff flower prickly comfrey prickly glasswort prickly hakea prickly heat prickly heath prickly hornwort prickly lettuce prickly nightshade prickly oak prickly pear prickly pear cactus prickly pine prickly poison prickly poppy prickly saltwort prickly sculpin prickly-seeded spinach prickly shark prickly shield fern prickly tang prickly thrift unprickly western prickly juniper
相关词
prick

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English prickle
English -y
English prickly
From prickle + -y.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English prickle
English -y
English prickly
From prickle + -y.
词源 3
Etymology tree
English prickle
English -y
English prickly
From prickle + -y.
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