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单词 prick
释义 prick
 —pricker,  n.   —prickingly,  adv.  
 /prik/,  n.  
  1. a puncture made by a needle, thorn, or the like.
  2. a sharp point; prickle.
  3. the act of pricking: the prick of a needle.
  4. the state or sensation of being pricked.
  5. a sharp pain caused by or as if by being pricked; twinge.
  6. the pointed end of a prickspur.
  7.  Slang   (vulgar).
   a. penis.
   b. an obnoxious or contemptible person.
  8.  Archaic.   a goad for oxen.
  9.  Obs.   a small or minute mark, a dot, or a point.
  10.  Obs.   any pointed instrument or weapon.
  11. kick against the pricks, to resist incontestable facts or authority; protest uselessly: In appealing the case again, you will just be kicking against the pricks.
  v.t.  
  12. to pierce with a sharp point; puncture.
  13. to affect with sharp pain, as from piercing.
  14. to cause sharp mental pain to; sting, as with remorse, anger, etc.: His conscience pricked him.
  15. to urge on with or as if with a goad or spur: My duty pricks me on.
  16. to mark (a surface) with pricks or dots in tracing something.
  17. to mark or trace (something) on a surface by pricks or dots.
  18. to cause to stand erect or point upward (usually fol. by up): The dog pricked his ears at the sound of the bell.
  19.  Farriery.  
   a. to lame (a horse) by driving a nail improperly into its hoof.
   b. to nick: to prick a horse's tail.
  20. to measure (distance, the size of an area, etc.) on a chart with dividers (usually fol. by off).
  21.  Hort.   to transplant (a seedling) into a container that provides more room for growth (usually fol. by out or off).
  v.i.  
  22. to perform the action of piercing or puncturing something.
  23. to have a sensation of being pricked.
  24. to spur or urge a horse on; ride rapidly.
  25. to rise erect or point upward, as the ears of an animal (usually fol. by up).
  26. prick up one's ears, to become very alert; listen attentively: The reporter pricked up his ears at the prospect of a scoop.
 [bef. 1000; (n.) ME prike; OE prica, price dot, point; (v.) ME priken, OE prician; c. D, LG prik point]
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