单词 | to prick up one's ears |
释义 | > as lemmasto prick up one's ears 27. transitive. To raise or make erect (the ears, head, etc.); (figurative) to prick up one's ears and variants: to become attentive or alert. [Compare earlier prick adj., prick-eared adj., pricked adj.1 3.] ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > vertical position > make vertical [verb (transitive)] > make upright or erect rearOE rightOE to set upa1225 raisea1250 upreara1300 risea1400 to dress upc1400 stand?a1425 upsetc1440 dress1490 to stick up1528 arrect1530 erect1557 prick1566 upright1590 mounta1616 the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > listen attentively [phrase] to bow the earc1230 to lend audience1580 to lend an ear or one's ears1583 to lend hearing1603 to prick up one's ears1682 to cock one's ears1700 to have one's ears flapping1925 to pin one's ears back1947 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > hear [verb (intransitive)] > listen > listen attentively to lift up one's ears1548 to prick up one's ears1682 to cock one's ears1700 to listen up1933 1566 W. Adlington tr. Apuleius .XI. Bks. Golden Asse vii. xxvii. f. 71v I set and pricked vp my longe eares, I ratled my nosethrilles, and cried stoutly. 1581 W. Lowth tr. B. Batt Christian Mans Closet ii. f. 83 Force your mindes hither, and pricke vp your eares, and commit these worthie sayings and prayses of learning vnto your memorie. 1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 101 And prickt his plumes to please his Ladies eyes. a1591 H. Smith Wks. (1866–7) I. 207 To put a pedlar's shop upon their backs, and colour their faces, and prick their ruffs, and frizzle their hair. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iv. i. 176 At which like vnback't colts they prickt their eares. View more context for this quotation a1626 F. Bacon Ess. (1798) 268 She pricks up so many Ears. 1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 14 At this the Town of Mansoul began to prick up its ears. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 100 The fiery Courser, when he hears..the shouts of War, Pricks up his Ears. View more context for this quotation 1751 Life John Daniel in Libr. of Impostors (1926) I. iv. 46 Thomas..giving a loud yawn, in an instant every ear was pricked up to hear from whence that unusual sound came. 1826 J. W. Croker Diary 26 Oct. I pricked up the ears of curiosity at this exordium. 1858 R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma li The roused hounds prick their ears. 1868 J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland Dial. 391 Prick up your head, bairn, and deean't luik sae cow'd. 1912 W. Owen Let. 16 Mar. (1967) 124 When I heard this I pricked up my ears the more. 1965 J. Kosinski Painted Bird (1972) viii. 78 When the horse saw me it pricked its ears and tossed its head. 1991 Washington Post (Nexis) 14 Mar. b3 Players pricked up their ears last summer when they heard about the big money that was flowing. < as lemmas |
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