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单词 bristles
释义

bristle /brisˈl/

noun

A short stiff hair

intransitive verb (bristˈling; bristˈled)
  1. To stand erect (like bristles)
  2. To be copiously provided, be full (with with)
  3. To have or set bristles erect
  4. To show rage or resistance
transitive verb
  1. To cover (as with bristles)
  2. To make bristly
  3. To make (eg bristles) erect
ORIGIN: Connected with OE byrst; Scot birse; cognate with Ger Borste, ON burst

bristˈled adjective

Having or fitted with bristles

bristˈliness noun

bristˈling adjective

Thick and rough

bristˈly adjective

bristˈlebird noun

Any of several small Australian songbirds with bristles around the bill

bristlecone pine or bristˈlecone noun

A W American pine (Pinus aristata) with bristle-like prickles on its cones, used in radiocarbon dating

bristˈle-fern noun

A filmy fern (Trichomanes radicans) with a bristle on the receptacle

brisˈtle-grass noun

A grass of the genus Setaria

bristˈletail noun

Any insect of the order Thysanura

bristle worm noun

A chaetopod

set up one's bristles

To show resistance

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