Spiny describes an animal or plant covered with stiff sharp points — things that would hurt to grab. A cactus is spiny. A hedgehog is spiny. So are sea urchins, some fish, and bushes full of thorns.

SpinySpiny（多刺的） describes形容 an animal or plant covered with stiff sharp points動植物身上長滿又硬又尖的刺——things that would hurt to grab抓下去會痛的那種。A cactus is spiny仙人掌就是spiny（多刺）的。A hedgehog is spiny刺蝟也是spiny的。So are sea urchins, some fish海膽、有些魚也是，and bushes full of thorns還有長滿刺的灌木叢。

The points can be thorns on a plant or hard needle-like spines on an animal; either way the word says 'sharp, stiff, and lots of them'. It is a normal everyday word, though you meet it most in nature writing and in animal names, where it does real work: spiny lobster, spiny anteater, spiny mouse — the name tells you what the creature feels like.

The points can be thorns on a plant這些尖尖的東西可以是植物上的刺，or hard needle-like spines on an animal也可以是動物身上又硬又像針的刺；either way the word says 'sharp, stiff, and lots of them'不管哪一種，這個字說的就是「尖、硬、而且很多」。It is a normal everyday word這是個普通的日常用字，though you meet it most in nature writing and in animal names不過你最常在自然寫作和動物名稱裡遇到它，where it does real work在那裡它真的派上用場：spiny lobster, spiny anteater, spiny mouse像spiny lobster（多刺龍蝦）、spiny anteater（針鼴）、spiny mouse（刺鼠）——the name tells you what the creature feels like名字就告訴你這種生物摸起來是什麼感覺。

It is nearly always used about living things. For a sharp man-made object you would say 'sharp' or 'pointed', not 'spiny'. Note also that spiny points are stiff and thick, unlike 'hairy' or 'furry', which are soft.

It is nearly always used about living things這個字幾乎都是用在生物身上。For a sharp man-made object對於尖銳的人造物品，you would say 'sharp' or 'pointed'你會說'sharp'或'pointed'，not 'spiny'不會說'spiny'。Note also that spiny points are stiff and thick另外要注意spiny的刺是又硬又粗的，unlike 'hairy' or 'furry', which are soft跟軟軟的'hairy'（毛茸茸）或'furry'（有絨毛）不一樣。