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胡子茬兒；（胡須剃后長(zhǎng)出的）粗硬短須；（男子頭頂處的）短發(fā)
Bristles are the short hairs that grow on a man's chin after he has shaved. The hairs on the top of a man's head can also be called bristles when they are cut very short.
例句
...two days' growth of bristles...
兩天沒(méi)剃長(zhǎng)出的胡子茬兒
He rubbed his hands over the soft bristles of his crew cut.
他用雙手摸了摸他平頭上柔軟的短發(fā)。
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（刷子的）毛
The bristles of a brush are the thick hairs or hair-like pieces of plastic which are attached to it.
例句
As soon as the bristles on your toothbrush begin to wear, throw it out.
牙刷毛一開(kāi)始磨損，就把它扔掉。
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（動(dòng)物身上的）鬃毛，剛毛
Bristles are thick, strong animal hairs that feel hard and rough.
例句
It has a short stumpy tail covered with bristles.
它粗短的尾巴上鬃毛濃密。
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（因寒冷、恐懼或憤怒）毛發(fā)直立
If the hair on a person's or animal's body bristles, it rises away from their skin because they are cold, frightened, or angry.
例句
It makes the hairs at the nape of the neck bristle...
這使人毛骨悚然。
Cats yowl. My dog's hair bristles in response.
這些貓的哀叫引得我的狗毛發(fā)豎立。
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發(fā)怒；生氣
If you bristle at something, you react to it angrily, and show this in your expression or the way you move.
例句
Ellis bristles at accusations that Berkeley's experiment is ill-conceived...
埃利斯對(duì)有人指責(zé)伯克利的實(shí)驗(yàn)考慮不夠周密感到氣憤。
He bristled with indignation at the suggestion that he was racist.
有人暗示他是個(gè)種族主義者，他對(duì)此十分惱火。
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充滿；滿是
If you say that a place or thing bristles with people or with other things, you are emphasizing that it contains a great number of them.
例句
The country bristles with armed groups...
這個(gè)國(guó)家到處都是武裝團(tuán)伙。
The idea fairly bristles with controversy...
這個(gè)想法存有諸多爭(zhēng)議。