prickliness
prickliness — 名詞
1. the way something feels when it is rough and covered with small sharp points, or
多刺；易怒
表面多刺扎人，或人易被激怒的性情
the way something feels when it is rough and covered with small sharp points, or the way a person behaves when they get annoyed or offended very easily
Mizuki touched the cactus and felt the prickliness of its tiny needles.
Mizuki 摸了仙人掌，感覺到它細小針刺的扎手感。
prickliness of + physical object (literal sense)
There was a clear prickliness in Christopher's voice when his plans were questioned.
當有人質疑 Christopher 的計畫時，他語氣中明顯帶著一股易怒。
prickliness in [person's] voice/manner (figurative sense)
The gardener warned Rania about the prickliness of the rose stems before she picked them.
Rania 採摘玫瑰之前，園丁先提醒她那些莖上多刺扎手。
Years of harsh criticism explained the old writer's prickliness toward young reporters.
多年來受到嚴厲批評，說明了這位老作家對年輕記者為何如此易怒。
Tendai laughed off the prickliness of the wool sweater that scratched his neck.
Tendai 一笑置之，沒理會那件羊毛衫扎得他脖子發癢的刺感。
- irritability
figurative only; the tendency to get annoyed quickly
- touchiness
figurative; being easily offended by small things
- spininess
literal only; having many sharp spines, mostly of plants
- smoothness
literal opposite; a soft, even surface
- easygoingness
figurative opposite; a relaxed, hard-to-annoy manner
文法句型
the prickliness of [someone/something]
用法筆記
Uncountable, and used with both a physical meaning (a thorny, scratchy surface) and a figurative one (a touchy, easily annoyed manner). In everyday speech the figurative sense about people is now the more common one.