Word · Frequency #14172
bristle
发怒；恼怒
to react angrily or defensively to something, especially an insult or challenge
常与 at 连用
- 1.
To rise or stand erect, like bristles.
像刚毛一样竖起或直立。
- 2.
To abound, to be covered with, or to have an abundance of, something, especially something jutting out.
充满、覆盖或大量拥有某物,尤指突出的东西。
- 3.
To be on one's guard or raise one's defenses; to react with fear, suspicion, or distance.
保持警惕或采取防御姿态；表现出恐惧、怀疑或疏远。
- 4.
be in a state of movement or action
处于运动或行动的状态
竖起；直立；充满；布满；密布；像刚毛一样竖起或直立。；充满、覆盖或大量拥有某物,尤指突出的东西。；保持警惕或采取防御姿态；表现出恐惧、怀疑或疏远。
In use
The cat's fur bristled when it saw the dog.
The report was bristling with errors and inaccuracies.
He bristles at any suggestion that he might be wrong.
The garden bristled with toddlers
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。
bristle at sth
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。
bristle (up)
指毛发等直立，常用于动物受惊或发怒时
Connections
Collocations
- bristle at
- 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。
- bristle with
- 布满；充满
- The old fortress bristled with cannons.那座古老的堡垒里布满了大炮。
- bristle up
- 竖起（毛发）；发怒
- The cat bristled up when the dog approached.狗靠近时，猫竖起了毛。
- hackles bristle
- （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。
Idioms & figurative uses
- bristle at
- 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。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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”。
Context & Register
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。
Grammar Note
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）。
Pronunciation & Spelling
bristle /ˈbrɪsəl/ 中 t 不发音。它与 whistle、thistle、gristle 押韵（均为 /ɪsəl/）。注意 castle、hustle、muscle 也有不发音的 t/c 且以 /səl/ 结尾，但元音不同（/æ/ 或 /ʌ/），所以不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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