英文词源
- prickly (adj.)
- 1570s, "spiny, armed with prickles" (originally of holly leaves), from prickle (n.) + -y (2). Figurative sense of "irritable" first recorded 1862. Prickly heat is from 1736, so called for the sensation; prickly pear is from 1760 (earlier prickle pear, 1610s). Related: Prickliness.
实用例句
- 1. The bunk mattress was hard, the blankets prickly and slightly damp.
- 这个铺位的床垫很硬，毯子也很扎人，而且还有点潮。
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- 2. The issue is likely to prove a prickly one.
- 这个问题有可能很棘手。
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- 3. You know how prickly she is.
- 你知道她有多么爱发脾气。
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- 4. The grass was prickly and cold.
- 草地扎人，而且很凉。
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- 5. Let's move on to the prickly subject of taxation reform.
- 咱们继续讨论下一项税制改革这个棘手的问题吧。
来自《权威词典》