Don't panic-- it's the tough core of the pineapple, not the prickly skin that you should tuck into.

别惊恐——你应该吃的是菠萝坚硬的果核，而不是多刺的外皮。

The fruit of this plant has a hard, prickly rind and soft pulp with an offensive odor but a pleasant taste.

这种植物的果实，果皮有硬刺，果肉柔软，气味难闻，但味道可口。

If the center of your flower is a circle, but your petals are pointy, you are probably hiding a warm heart behind a prickly defensiveness.

如果花心是圆形的，但是花瓣确是尖的，那你可能是把一颗温暖的心隐藏在多刺的防御后面。

The ancient fecal material, or coprolite, was littered with seared prickly pear seeds and flecked with small bones from fish, birds, and rodents.

这块古代排泄物或粪化石，同烧焦的多刺梨种子散落在一起，点缀着来自鱼、鸟、啮齿目动物的小块骨头。

Well before he died of cancer in 2008, Harold Pinter knew he had earned a reputation for being "enigmatic, taciturn, terse, prickly, explosive and forbidding".

早在2008年哈罗德·品特因癌症去世之前，他就知道了自己赢得了“高深莫测、沉默寡言、简洁、多刺、暴躁以及令人生畏”的名声。

You know how prickly she is.

你知道她多么容易生气。

The issue is likely to prove a prickly one.

这个问题很可能是棘手的。

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。

The bunk mattress was hard, the blankets prickly and slightly damp.

铺位上的床垫很硬，毛毯扎人且有点潮湿。

Many of the species native to California, such as the prickly chaparral, rely on fires to propagate.

加利福尼亚有许多土生土长的物种，比如多刺的灌木荆棘丛，依靠火来繁殖。

Durian clan refers to ill-tempered co-workers who have been working for many years and are emotionally prickly.

榴莲族，是对职场中有一定工作资历，但脾气像榴莲一样又臭又硬的同事。

Here we go round the prickly pear.

这儿我们围绕着仙人球。

THERE is a prickly KGB officer in the Kremlin.

克里姆林宫有一个脾气暴躁的克格勃官员。

I have put pepper and Chinese prickly ash in it.

但四川菜以麻辣为特色，我在鱼乡肉丝里加了些辣椒和花椒。

But it also raises the prickly question of competition.

但是这也引发了棘手的竞争问题。

Others may be more interesting, but they may be more prickly.

其他朋友可能更有趣，但他们也或许更难相处。

Don't worry. The prickly ash in the Mapo bean curd is disinfecting your tongue!

不要慌，麻婆豆腐里的花椒正在给你的舌头消毒！

As a vigorous rising power, China is predictably prickly about its sovereignty.

作为一个充满活力正在崛起的力量，中国预计将对主权问题非常敏感。

A long-running dispute between two of Europe's most prickly neighbours is turning nasty.

欧洲两个最易动怒的邻国间一场旷日持久的争吵变得不堪入耳。

Don't panic — it's the tough core of the pineapple, not the prickly skin you should tuck into.

先别怕，不是要你吃多刺的菠萝皮，而是中间较硬的菠萝果心。

Through a fug of cigarette smoke, her hosts found her intense, charming, stubborn and prickly.

她整日抽烟，处在烟雾缭绕中，她的接伺者反而发现她迷人、顽固、易怒的一面。

We went to the bar, where he followed my lead and ordered a bright pink, prickly-pear margarita.

我们进了酒吧，他跟着我要了杯明红色，嵌着仙人掌果的玛格丽塔。

The fruit of this plant, having a hard, prickly rind and soft pulp with an offensive odor but a pleasant taste.

榴莲果榴莲树的果实，果皮有硬刺，果肉柔软，有刺激性气味，但味道可口。

In dealing with the prickly matter of Japan's brutal past, he has booted the ball of history into the long grass [1].

在如何面对日本残暴的过去这一棘手问题上，他选择了绝口不提。

Whitworth said every board should "make sure that [they] have a couple of prickly devil's advocates around the table".

惠特沃思表示，每个董事会都应该“确保董事会中有一两位专门挑刺的成员。”