单词 | prick |
释义 | prick1 /prɪk/ verb 1 [transitive]HOLE to make a small hole in something using something sharp 刺(破),戳(穿),扎(穿) Prick the sausages before you grill them. 烤之前把香肠戳孔。prick yourself/prick your finger (=accidentally make a hole in your skin) 扎了自己/扎破手指 She had pricked her finger on a rose thorn. 她被玫瑰花刺扎破了手指。2 [intransitive, transitive]ROUGH/NOT SMOOTH if something pricks a part of your body, or if it pricks, you feel small sharp pains (使)〔身体的某个部位〕感到刺痛 → prickle Angry tears pricked her eyes. 愤怒的泪水刺痛了她的双眼。 a curious pricking sensation 一种不寻常的刺痛感3 prick somebody’s conscience GUILTY/FEEL GUILTYif something pricks someone’s conscience or their conscience pricks them, they feel guilty or ashamed 使某人的良心受到谴责,使某人的良心不安 Her conscience pricked her as she told the lie. 她撒谎的时候良心很不安。4 prick (up) its ears HBHLISTENif an animal pricks up its ears, it raises them to listen to a sound 〔动物〕竖起耳朵听 The rabbit stopped suddenly, pricking up its ears. 那只兔子突然停下来,竖起耳朵听。5 prick (up) your ears LISTENif you prick up your ears or your ears prick up, you listen carefully because you have heard something interesting 〔人〕仔细倾听 Jay pricked up his ears when I mentioned a vacation. 我提到假期时,杰伊竖起耳朵来仔细倾听。6.prick sth↔ out phrasal verb British English DLGto place young plants in soil after you have grown them from seed 移植〔幼苗〕→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusprick• A domestic goose is cooked when the juices from the breast run pale yellow when pricked.• A small bead of blood formed where she had pricked her finger.• She accidentally pricked herself with a contaminated needle.• How to reassure this woman when her question pricked his own uncertainty?• With a fork, prick holes in the cake layers.• When tender, the peel sinks to the bottom of the pan and you can prick it easily with a fork.• I pricked my ears up on that one.• Tears pricked my eyes and stung in my throat.• With the pricking of the Wall Street bubble, that theory is now itself history.• Prick the potatoes before baking them.• His ears pricked themselves to attention as he became aware of the master's mood.• Pale ears beneath a boyish crewcut were pricked up alertly.prick2 noun [countable] 1. person 人 taboo spokenUNPLEASANTINSULT a very offensive word for a stupid unpleasant man. Do not use this word. 蠢材,笨蛋;讨厌的家伙2. sex organ 性器官 informal not politeHBH a penis 阴茎3 point entering 刺入点 a) HOLEa slight pain you get when something sharp goes into your skin 刺痛 I didn’t feel the prick of the needle. 我感觉不到针的刺痛。 b) HOLE British English an act of pricking something 刺,戳,扎 Give the sausages a prick. 在香肠上扎孔。 → pinprick4 emotion 情感 a sudden slight feeling you get when you are unhappy about something 一阵不快nprick of She felt a prick of resentment when she saw them together. 看到他们在一起,她心里一阵愤愤不平。5. prick of conscience GUILTY/FEEL GUILTYan uncomfortable feeling that you have done something wrong 良心不安Examples from the Corpusprick• With each step, I felt a prick against my heel.• The lamb rolls fall apart with the first prick of the fork.• Blood was obtained by heel prick.• Blood was dripping from several pricks on his arm.• He felt a sudden sting like the prick of a needle in his back.Origin prick2 Old English pricaprick1 verbprick2 nounLDOCE OnlineChinese small sharp something hole using make to a something in Corpus |
随便看 |
|
英汉双解词典包含236457条英汉翻译词条,涵盖了常用英语单词及词组短语的翻译及用法,是英语学习的必备工具。