prick
verb
noun
prɪk verb
1 to make a small hole in something using something sharp 刺(破),戳(穿),扎(穿) T
Prick the sausages before you grill them.
烤之前把香肠戳破。
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 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; I,T
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
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prick sb’s conscience
if 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。
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prick (up) its ears
if 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。
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prick (up) your ears
if 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地听。
6 to place young plants in soil after you have grown them from seed [英] 移植〔幼苗〕
noun
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PERSON
人
a very offensive word for a stupid unpleasant man [口,不礼貌] 蠢材,笨蛋; 讨厌的家伙 spoken not polite
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SEX ORGAN
性器官
a PENIS [非正式,不礼貌] 阴茎 informal not polite
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POINT ENTERING
刺入点
a. a slight pain you get when something sharp goes into your skin b. an act of pricking something [英] 刺,戳,扎 BrE
I didn’t feel the prick of the needle.
我感觉不到针的刺痛。
Give the sausages a prick.
在香肠上扎孔。
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EMOTION
情感
a sudden slight feeling you get when you are unhappy about something 一阵不快
[+ of ]
She felt a prick of resentment when she saw them together.
她看到他们在一起时感到一阵愤恨。
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prick of conscience
an uncomfortable feeling that you have done something wrong 良心的不安