He teased the baby with his bristly chin. 他用胡子拉碴的下巴逗那个婴儿。
bristly
[ adj ]
very irritable
<adj.all> bristly exchanges between the White House and the press he became prickly and spiteful witty and waspish about his colleagues
having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
<adj.all> a horse with a short bristly mane bristly shrubs burred fruits setaceous whiskers
Bristly \Bris"tly\, a. Thick set with bristles, or with hairs resembling bristles; rough.
The leaves of the black mulberry are somewhat bristly. --Bacon.
One of a sequence of 'very Indian poems in Indian English' entitled 'Soap' dramatised an argument between a customer who had bought a defective bar of soap and a bristly, pugnacious shopkeeper.
During a visit, 4-month-old Sparky trundled around the living room and grunted softly before hopping on the couch to snuggle up. He weighs about 15 pounds and feels like a bristly, wiggly football with a warm, rubbery snout.