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单词 prickle
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
prick•le /ˈprɪkəl/USA pronunciation   n., v., -led, -ling. 
n. [countable]
  1. Botanya small, sharp thorn that sticks out, as on a plant.
  2. a pricking sensation.

v. [no object]
  1. to cause a pricking sensation:His skin prickled at having to go into the dark room alone.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
prick•le  (prik′əl),USA pronunciation n., v., -led, -ling. 
n. 
  1. a sharp point.
  2. Botanya small, pointed process growing from the bark of a plant.
  3. Zoologya sharp process or projection, as from the skin of an animal;
    a spine.
  4. a pricking sensation.

v.t. 
  1. to prick lightly.
  2. to cause a pricking or tingling sensation in.

v.i. 
  1. to tingle as if pricked.
  • Middle English prykel (noun, nominal), Old English pricel. See prick, -le bef. 950

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
prickle /ˈprɪkəl/ n
  1. a pointed process arising from the outer layer of a stem, leaf, etc, and containing no woody or conducting tissue
    Compare thorn
  2. a pricking or stinging sensation
 vb
  1. to feel or cause to feel a stinging sensation
  2. (transitive) to prick, as with a thorn
Etymology: Old English pricel; related to Middle Low German prekel, German Prickel
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