He was risking his liberty, his life. Any clump of bushes might bristle suddenly with Winchesters. If the soldiers sought for him at the cave they would at the same time guard the mountain paths; they would guard, too, the Stetson cabin. But no matter-the sun was still high, and he turned up the steep. The ledge passed, he stopped with a curse at his lips and the pain of a knife-thrust at his heart. A heap of blackened stones and ashes was before him. The wild mountain-grass was growing up about it. The bee-gums were overturned and rifled.英文原著 · 《A Cumberland Vendetta》
Medium-sized, mottled brownish, gray, black, and white birds of heavy build. Short, thick head; gaping, large mouth; very small bill, with bristles at base. Take insect food on the wing. Feet small and weak; wings long and powerful. These birds rest lengthwise on their perch while sleeping through the brightest daylight hours, or on the ground, where they nest. Nighthawk. Whippoorwill.英文原著 · 《Bird Neighbors》
Small and medium-sized dull, dark-olive, or gray birds, with big heads that are sometimes crested. Bills hooked at end, and with bristles at base. Harsh or plaintive voices. Wings longer than tail; both wings and tails usually drooped and vibrating when the birds are perching. Habits moody and silent when perching on a conspicuous limb, telegraph wire, dead tree, or fence rail and waiting for insects to fly within range. Sudden, nervous, spasmodic sallies in midair to seize insects on the wing. Usually they return to their identical perch or lookout. Pugnacious and fearless.英文原著 · 《Bird Neighbors》
Length -- 8.50 to 9 inches. A little smaller than the robin. Male and female -- Feathers of the head pointed and erect. Upper parts dark grayish-olive, inclining to rusty brown on wings and tail. Wing coverts crossed with two irregular bars of yellowish white. Throat gray, shading into sulphur-yellow underneath, that also extends under the wings. Inner vane of several tail quills rusty red. Bristles at base of bill.英文原著 · 《Bird Neighbors》
Length -- 7 to inches. About an inch longer than the English sparrow. Male and Female -- Dusky olive or grayish brown above; head darkest. Wings and tail blackish brown, the former sometimes, but not always, margined and tipped with dusky white. Throat yellowish white; other under parts slightly lighter shade than above. Olive-gray on sides. A tuft of yellowish-white, downy feathers on flanks. Bristles at base of bill.英文原著 · 《Bird Neighbors》
Length -- 9 to 10 inches. About the size of the robin. Apparently much larger, because of its long wings and wide wingspread. Male -- A long-winged bird, mottled all over with reddish brown, grayish black, and dusky white; numerous bristles fringing the large mouth. A narrow white band across the upper breast. Tail quills on the end and under side white. Female -- Similar to male, except that the tail is dusky in color where that of the male is white. Band on breast buff instead of white.英文原著 · 《Bird Neighbors》
I used all the attachments on the vacuum except for that round one with the bristles.美剧 · 《Friends》
I tend to bristle when accused of abusing my position.美剧 · 《Shameless》
"Anyone who knows me knows I've have a tendency "to bristle when pushed into a corner.美剧 · 《The Good Wife》
It turns out that Mount Washington is covered with bristlecone pines. It turns out that Mount Washington is covered with bristlecone pines.演讲 · 《The Long Now ~ Stewart Brand》
On Long Now land. I should say that the age of bristlecones on Long Now land. I should say that the age of bristlecones演讲 · 《The Long Now ~ Stewart Brand》