prickliness

英['prɪkli] 美['prɪkli]
  • adj.多刺的;棘手的;易生气的
pricklier prickliest prickliness
Adjective:
  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"

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. The child's rubber ball punctured when it fell on a prickly bush.
      那小孩的皮球落在带刺的树丛上时被戳破了。
    2. Ethically, it's a prickly issue.
      就伦理上来说,那是个棘手的问题。
    3. 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。
    4. You know how prickly she is.
      你明白她易动怒。