释义 |
spininess|ˈspaɪnɪnɪs| [f. spiny a. + -ness.] The quality or state of being spiny.
c1611Chapman Iliad iii. Comment. 48 To make the old men resemble Grasshoppers for their cold, and bloodlesse spininesse. 1902Q. Rev. July 125 A certain spininess which has developed even amongst genera that are elsewhere smooth. 1907G. F. S. Elliot Romance Plant Life 181 The common Whin..is very nearly as perfect an example of thorniness and spininess. |