prick

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【释义】：

n．❶ 刺孔，刺痕，点：a prick made by a needle针刺的孔．❷ 刺痛，扎痛；(内心的)谴责，悔恨：The patient felt only a prick as the doctor made the injection．医生注射时，病人仅感到有点刺痛．He felt the prick of remorse．他感到内心的责备．❸ 用以刺或扎的东西；【古】(赶牛用的)刺棒：kick against the pricks作徒劳抵抗而伤了自己，螳臂挡车．

－vt．❶ 刺，扎，戳：prick a blister刺破水疱．A piece of glass pricked his tyre．一片玻璃扎破了他．的轮胎．❷ 刺伤，扎伤：The boy pricked his leg with a nail．钉子扎伤了那男孩的腿．❸ 刺痛；(内心的)谴责，悔恨：The thorn pricked my thumb．刺扎痛了我的大拇指．❹ 刺孔作标记：The girl pricked(out)an embroidery pattern on to the cloth，那女孩在布上刺绣花样．❺ 移植(out)：prick out young seedlings移植幼苗．❻ 竖(耳)：The dog pricked up its ears．这条狗竖起耳朵．prick up one’s ears侧耳倾听：He pricked up his ears when hc was told the news．他聚精会神地听消息．

－vi．❶ 刺，扎：How those thorns prick!那些刺多么刺人啊!❷ 刺痛，(内心的)谴责：The wound pricks．伤口刺痛．His neglect pricked at his conscience．他的疏忽大意使他感到内疚．❸ 竖(耳)倾听，耸立：The horse’s ears pricked up at the sound．听到了这声音，马耳朵就竖起来了．The mountain pricks up into the sky．山耸入云霄．prick·er n．刺者，刺孔用具．