| 单词 | prick up your ears |
| 释义 | prick up your earsto start listening eagerly, because you suddenly hear an interesting sound or piece of information She stopped talking to prick up her ears – and Kenworthy had heard the same sound. Synonyms of 'prick up your ears'listen carefully, attend, pay attention, begin to take notice More Synonyms of prick up your ears (idiom) Definition (of a person) to listen attentively I pricked up my ears, and said, `What's that?' Synonyms listen carefully attend I'm not sure what he said – I wasn't attending. pay attention begin to take notice be all ears (informal) concentrate on listening pin your ears back become attentive Additional synonymsin the sense of attend Definition to pay attention I'm not sure what he said – I wasn't attending. Synonyms pay attention, listen, follow, hear, mark, mind, watch, note, regard, notice, observe, look on, heed, take to heart, pay heed, hearken (archaic) Nearby words of |
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