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prickly + noun
用于修饰名词，指物体表面长满刺。
Be careful with the prickly cactus.
小心那棵带刺的仙人掌。
多刺的；带刺的
pricklier — comparative of prickly
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
多刺的；带刺的
covered with sharp points such as thorns or spines
Be careful with the prickly cactus.
小心那棵带刺的仙人掌。
指植物、果实或动物身上有刺
布满尖刺的。
Covered with sharp points.
易怒的；容易生气的。
Easily irritated.
困难的；复杂的；棘手的。
Difficult; complicated; hairy or thorny.
Be careful—the stem of this rose is very prickly.
小心——这朵玫瑰的花茎非常多刺。
The hikers wore long sleeves to avoid the prickly bushes along the trail.
徒步旅行者穿着长袖，以免碰到小径两旁带刺的灌木丛。
Hedgehogs look prickly, but their quills are not dangerous if you handle them gently.
刺猬看起来浑身是刺，但只要轻柔地碰它们，它们的刺并不危险。
用于修饰名词，指物体表面长满刺。
Be careful with the prickly cactus.
小心那棵带刺的仙人掌。
系表结构，描述主语具有扎人或刺人的特性。
The plant's leaves are prickly to the touch.
这种植物的叶子摸起来扎手。
此处 prickly 意为“易怒的”，后接 about 引出让人不快的话题。
He is prickly about any criticism of his work.
他对别人批评他的工作很恼火。
描述身体刺痛、发麻的感觉，常与感官动词 feel 连用。
Her skin felt prickly in the heat.
天太热，她觉得皮肤刺痛。
Not this
The cactus is covered with prickly.
Use this
The cactus is covered with prickles.
prickly 是形容词，意为“多刺的”，不能直接作名词；表示“刺”的名词是 prickle，这里需要复数 prickles 作介词 with 的宾语。
Not this
The rose prickly my hand when I touched it.
Use this
The rose pricked my hand when I touched it.
prickly 是形容词，不能作谓语动词；表达“刺、扎”这一动作要用动词 prick，且在过去时语境中应写为 pricked。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
仙人掌果（一种仙人掌的果实）
We cooked the prickly pears into a sweet jam.
我们把这些仙人掌果煮成了甜果酱。
带刺的灌木丛
The rabbit hid in a prickly bush.
兔子躲在一丛带刺的灌木里。
刺痛感
She felt a prickly sensation in her fingers.
她感到手指有一种刺痛感。
痱子
Prickly heat is common in hot, humid weather.
痱子在炎热潮湿的天气里很常见。
变得易怒
Don't mention his salary; he gets prickly about it.
别提他的薪水；他一听到这个就变得易怒。
易怒的性格
Her prickly personality made team meetings difficult.
她易怒的性格让团队会议变得很难开。
容易动怒的人；不好对付的家伙
He's a prickly customer, so be careful what you say to him.
他是个容易动怒的人，所以跟他说话要小心。
敏感话题；棘手的话题
Money is always a prickly subject in our family.
在我们家，钱一直是个敏感话题。
棘手的问题；敏感问题
The reform has become a prickly issue for the government.
这项改革已成为政府面临的棘手问题。
河马和多刺的豪猪。（出自谢尔·希尔弗斯坦的歌曲《独角兽》，描写诺亚方舟上的动物。）
I gently picked up the prickly porcupine.
我轻轻地拿起那只多刺的豪猪。
Use pricklier naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想“prick”是刺，“prickly”就像刺猬浑身是刺，碰一下就扎手；人也像这样一碰就炸毛、易怒。
语域：mixed 常见场景：植物/园艺、皮肤/感觉描述、日常对话/形容人 指带刺时常用于植物或物体表面；指刺痛感时多用于描述皮肤感受；指人易怒或敏感时则比较口语化。具体语气会随语境变化。
真正押韵的是以 /ɪkli/ 结尾的词：quickly、thickly、sickly 都与 prickly 押韵。注意 tricky 拼写相近，但读作 /ˈtrɪki/，末尾没有 /l/，并不押韵。
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