Josie's face grew very red, and her curls seemed to bristle like an angry pup's fur.

乔西的脸涨得通红，她的卷发似乎像愤怒的小狗的毛一样竖起来。

She was clucking and bristling like the good mother partridge that she was, while each of the tiny chicks was spry as a cricket.

妻子发出唧唧的叫声，并竖起毛发，它的样子好似持家有方的山鹑家族一员，而它本来就是，每个小家伙活蹦乱跳有如蟋蟀。

" You'd think they'd had enough fighting in Virginia, " said Cade bitterly, as he watched the two bristle like game-cocks over who should be the first to kiss the fluttering and flattered Aunt Pitty.

一进屋，方丹兄弟就像两只斗鸡似的争着要去吻战战兢兢而又受宠若惊的皮蒂姑妈，凯德看了便尖刻地说：" 你一定会以为他们在弗吉尼亚打斗够了吧，不，从我们到里士满第一天气，他们就一直在喝酒和找人打架。