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bristle with sth
表示充满或布满（通常指令人不快的东西）
The path bristled with thorns.
小路上长满了荆棘。
发怒；恼怒
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
发怒；恼怒
to react angrily or defensively to something, especially an insult or challenge
The path bristled with thorns.
小路上长满了荆棘。
常与 at 连用
像刚毛一样竖起或直立。
To rise or stand erect, like bristles.
充满、覆盖或大量拥有某物,尤指突出的东西。
To abound, to be covered with, or to have an abundance of, something, especially something jutting out.
保持警惕或采取防御姿态；表现出恐惧、怀疑或疏远。
To be on one's guard or raise one's defenses; to react with fear, suspicion, or distance.
处于运动或行动的状态
be in a state of movement or action
bristle
Base
原形
bristles
3rd person
第三人称单数
bristling
-ing
现在分词
bristled
Past
过去式
bristled
Past participle
过去分词
The cat's fur bristles when it sees a dog.
这只猫看到狗时毛发竖立。
He bristled at the accusation.
他对这个指控感到愤怒。
The hedgehog is bristling with spikes.
这只刺猬正竖着刺。
常用于表示毛发竖起或愤怒
The cat's fur bristled when it saw the dog.
猫看到狗时，毛都竖起来了。
AI contextual example
The report was bristling with errors and inaccuracies.
这份报告充满了错误和不准确之处。
AI contextual example
He bristles at any suggestion that he might be wrong.
他对任何可能犯错的说法都感到恼怒。
AI contextual example
The garden bristled with toddlers
花园里挤满了蹒跚学步的小孩。
WordNet
表示充满或布满（通常指令人不快的东西）
The path bristled with thorns.
小路上长满了荆棘。
表示因某事而恼怒或发怒
She bristled at the unfair criticism.
她对不公正的批评感到愤怒。
指毛发等直立，常用于动物受惊或发怒时
The dog's fur bristled when it saw the stranger.
狗看见陌生人时毛都竖了起来。
Not this
He bristled his anger.
Use this
He bristled with anger.
bristle作为不及物动词，不能直接接宾语，需用介词with引出原因。
Not this
She bristled to his rude comment.
Use this
She bristled at his rude comment.
bristle表示‘因…而发怒’时，固定搭配介词at，而非to。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
对……感到恼火；因……而生气
She bristled at the suggestion that she had been lazy.
她对暗示她懒惰的话十分恼火。
布满；充满
The old fortress bristled with cannons.
那座古老的堡垒里布满了大炮。
竖起（毛发）；发怒
The cat bristled up when the dog approached.
狗靠近时，猫竖起了毛。
（气得）毛发倒竖；勃然大怒
His hackles bristled when he heard the insult.
他听到那句侮辱的话时，气得毛发倒竖。
对…感到愤怒；被…激怒
She bristled at the suggestion that she had been careless.
她对暗示她做事粗心的说法感到非常恼火。
充满；密布
The report bristles with technical errors.
这份报告里满是技术性错误。
发怒；（毛发因恐惧或愤怒而）竖起
He bristled up at once when they questioned his honesty.
当他们质疑他的诚实品质时，他立刻勃然大怒。
Use bristle naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象一只被惹恼的猫，背毛像刷子的硬毛（bristle）根根竖起，同时它也怒气冲冲。记住 bristle 既是“竖起”也是“发怒”。
语域：mixed 常见场景：written comments or news about feeling offended、literary or descriptive prose with 'bristle with' bristle 作动词时，语体随搭配变化：‘bristle at’ 常表示因批评等而恼怒，多用于书面或新闻报道；‘bristle with’ 表示充满/布满，比较常见于文学或描述性文字；具体含义需根据搭配判断。
可作为及物动词（使直立）或不及物动词（直立、发怒、充满）。不及物时常见搭配：bristle with（充满）、bristle at（对...发怒）。
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