prickly

adjective

/ˈprɪkli/

(comparative pricklier, superlative prickliest)

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covered with prickles多刺的
- a prickly bush多刺的灌木
- The hedgehog curled up in a prickly ball.刺猬蜷成了一个刺球。
causing you to feel as if your skin is touching something that is covered with prickles引起刺痛的；扎疼的；刺痒的
- a prickly feeling刺痛感
- The sweat made my skin feel all prickly.汗水使我的皮肤感到刺痛。
(informal) (of a person人) easily annoyed or offended易怒的；爱生气的 synonym touchy
- He can be very prickly.他可能非常易怒。
- She’s still a bit prickly about the whole incident.她对整件事仍感到有些恼怒。
Extra Examples
- a rather prickly personality相当易怒的性格
- My remarks produced a prickly response from the Australian coach (= showing that he was annoyed).我的话引起了澳大利亚教练的激烈反应。
(of a decision, an issue, etc.决定、问题等) difficult to deal with because people have very different ideas about it棘手的；难处理的；烫手的 synonym thorny
- 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。