| 单词 | prick |
| 释义 | prick —pricker, n. —prickingly, adv. /prik/, n. 1. a puncture made by a needle, thorn, or the like. 2. a sharp point; prickle. 3. the act of pricking: the prick of a needle. 4. the state or sensation of being pricked. 5. a sharp pain caused by or as if by being pricked; twinge. 6. the pointed end of a prickspur. 7. Slang (vulgar). a. penis. b. an obnoxious or contemptible person. 8. Archaic. a goad for oxen. 9. Obs. a small or minute mark, a dot, or a point. 10. Obs. any pointed instrument or weapon. 11. kick against the pricks, to resist incontestable facts or authority; protest uselessly: In appealing the case again, you will just be kicking against the pricks. v.t. 12. to pierce with a sharp point; puncture. 13. to affect with sharp pain, as from piercing. 14. to cause sharp mental pain to; sting, as with remorse, anger, etc.: His conscience pricked him. 15. to urge on with or as if with a goad or spur: My duty pricks me on. 16. to mark (a surface) with pricks or dots in tracing something. 17. to mark or trace (something) on a surface by pricks or dots. 18. to cause to stand erect or point upward (usually fol. by up): The dog pricked his ears at the sound of the bell. 19. Farriery. a. to lame (a horse) by driving a nail improperly into its hoof. b. to nick: to prick a horse's tail. 20. to measure (distance, the size of an area, etc.) on a chart with dividers (usually fol. by off). 21. Hort. to transplant (a seedling) into a container that provides more room for growth (usually fol. by out or off). v.i. 22. to perform the action of piercing or puncturing something. 23. to have a sensation of being pricked. 24. to spur or urge a horse on; ride rapidly. 25. to rise erect or point upward, as the ears of an animal (usually fol. by up). 26. prick up one's ears, to become very alert; listen attentively: The reporter pricked up his ears at the prospect of a scoop. [bef. 1000; (n.) ME prike; OE prica, price dot, point; (v.) ME priken, OE prician; c. D, LG prik point] |
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