prick up one's ears

短语

竖起耳朵听

发音

AU

词形变化

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别名

prick one's ears

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To listen attentively.

    1927, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados Mysteries 'I doubt if you will ever have met "Rainproof" Nogg,' wrote one about this time—a shrewd old lady whose Dutch-sounding name caused pushful young hostesses to prick up their ears even when it reached them at third hand.