单词 | pricking |
释义 | pricking (once / 4319 pages) n WORD FAMILY pricking: prickings+/prick: pricked, pricker, pricking, pricks/pricker: prickers USAGE EXAMPLESShe feels like someone has been pricking a voodoo doll made in her image. Washington Post(Nov 30, 2016) Last week I replied to a woman whose choice not to communicate with her abusive mother was pricking her conscience. The Guardian(Oct 23, 2016) Instantly the Rottweilers ceased barking and dropped to sitting positions, their black ears pricking up intently. Carl Hiaasen, Hoot(2002) n the act of puncturing with a small point Syn|Hyper prick puncture the act of puncturing or perforating |
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