• n. 豬鬃；剛毛
• vi. 發怒；豎起
• vt. 使（毛發等）直立

來自PIE *bhars, 刺，硬毛。詞源同barley, bur.

bristle (n.)

Old English byrst "bristle," with metathesis of -r-, from Proto-Germanic *bursti- (cognates: Middle Dutch borstel, German borste), from PIE *bhrsti- from root *bhars- "point, bristle" (cognates: Sanskrit bhrstih "point, spike"). With -el, diminutive suffix.

bristle (v.)

c. 1200 (implied in past participle adjective bristled) "set or covered with bristles," from bristle (n.). Meaning "become angry or excited" is 1540s, from the way animals show fight. Related: Bristling.

1. It makes the hairs at the nape of the neck bristle.

這使人毛骨悚然。

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2. Use a clean, medium bristle brush or medium nap roller.

刷涂或輥涂時建議使用干凈的中剛性毛刷或中等絨毛輥子.

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3. We were in urgent need of unbleached white bristle to produce brush.

我們急需白豬鬃生產刷子.

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4. The bine is straight and brawny, have white thick bristle.

莖直而粗壯, 有白色粗硬毛.

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5. I saw an angry dog with its hairs a bristle.

我看到一條發怒的狗,它的毛發豎立著.

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