spiny

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形容物体表面布满尖刺或棘刺的,也比喻事情复杂棘手、难以处理。

用法要点

形容词用法

spiny 主要用作形容词,描述物体(如植物、动物)的物理特征,或比喻抽象事物的困难性。通常置于名词前作定语,或与系动词连用作表语。

• spiny plant
• spiny problem
• The issue is spiny.

介词搭配

spiny 常与 with 连用,表示“布满尖刺的”,强调覆盖状态;也可用 in 表示在某个方面棘手。

• spiny with thorns
• spiny in nature
• spiny in details

语域说明

spiny 在生物学、园艺等专业领域常见,描述动植物特征;在日常和商务中多用于比喻义,指复杂棘手的问题,属正式用语。

• spiny lobster
• spiny business deal
• spiny legal matter

基础例句

Be careful when touching that cactus; it's very spiny.

摸那棵仙人掌时要小心,它有很多刺。

The hedgehog rolled into a ball to protect its spiny back.

刺猬蜷缩成球以保护它多刺的背部。

This rose bush is beautiful but spiny, so wear gloves.

这丛玫瑰很美但多刺,所以戴手套吧。

Dealing with that customer was a spiny situation.

处理那位客户是个棘手的情况。

高级例句

The spiny lobster is a commercially important species in marine biology.

在海洋生物学中,多刺龙虾是一种具有重要商业价值的物种。

The contract negotiations became spiny due to conflicting intellectual property clauses.

由于知识产权条款冲突,合同谈判变得棘手。

Researchers studied the adaptive advantages of spiny structures in desert plants.

研究人员研究了沙漠植物中刺状结构的适应性优势。

The spiny nature of the tax regulations requires expert legal advice.

税法规定的复杂性需要专业的法律建议。

高频搭配

adjective

spiny plantspiny animalspiny surfacespiny issuespiny situation

verb

become spinyfeel spinylook spinymake something spiny

noun

spines of a spiny planttexture of spiny skinnature of a spiny problem

adverb

highly spinyparticularly spinyunusually spiny

preposition

spiny with thornsspiny in appearancespiny to the touch

phrase

spiny as a cactusspiny like a hedgehogspiny and difficult

常见错误

❌ 错误:The problem is very spiny to solve.
✓ 正确:The problem is very spiny.

spiny 本身已含“棘手的”之意,直接描述问题即可,无需加 to solve;类似错误是过度修饰,应保持简洁。

❌ 错误:He has a spiny personality.
✓ 正确:He has a prickly personality.

spiny 通常不用于形容人的性格,多指物理特征或抽象困难;形容人易怒或敏感应用 prickly。

近义词辨析

prickly

prickly 更常用于描述轻微刺痛感或人易怒的性格,而 spiny 强调明显的尖刺结构或比喻重大困难,更正式。

The cactus is spiny (突出尖刺), while the wool sweater feels prickly (轻微刺痛).

thorny

thorny 特指像荆棘一样带刺,常比喻道德或伦理难题;spiny 范围更广,可指任何尖刺状物或一般棘手问题。

The debate on ethics is thorny (道德困境), but the logistics are spiny (操作困难).