prickly
英['pr?kl?]
美
- adj. 多刺的；刺痛的；易動怒的
英英釋意
- 1. very irritable;
- "bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"
- "he became prickly and spiteful"
- "witty and waspish about his colleagues"
- 2. having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.;
- "a horse with a short bristly mane"
- "bristly shrubs"
- "burred fruits"
- "setaceous whiskers"