prick

B2 FREQ #3818 ★☆☆☆☆

vt. 刺, 戳, 刺痛, 使竖起 vi. 刺, 竖起 n. 扎, 一刺, 刺痛 a. 竖起的

发音

AU /pɹɪk/

词形变化

pricks 复数 pricks pricked pricketh pricking pricks 三单 prickt pricking 现在分词 pricked 过去式 pricked 过去分词

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing.

  2. 2.

    An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object.

  3. 3.

    A dot or other diacritical mark used in writing; a point.

    废旧
  4. 4.

    A tiny particle; a small amount of something; a jot.

    废旧
  5. 5.

    A small pointed object.

  6. 6.

    The experience or feeling of being pierced or punctured by a small, sharp object.

    I felt a sharp prick as the nurse took a sample of blood.

  7. 7.

    A feeling of remorse.

    1768–1777, Abraham Tucker, The Light of Nature Pursued the pricks of conscience

  8. 8.

    The penis.

    鸡巴

    小鸡鸡

    小弟弟

    俚语 粗俗
  9. 9.

    Someone (especially a male) who is unpleasant, rude or annoying.

    傻屌

    贬义 俚语
  10. 10.

    A small roll of yarn or tobacco.

    历史
  11. 11.

    The footprint of a hare.

  12. 12.

    A point or mark on the dial, noting the hour.

    废旧
  13. 13.

    The point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin.

    废旧
v.
  1. 1.

    To pierce or puncture slightly.

    及物

    John hardly felt the needle prick his arm when the adept nurse drew blood.

  2. 2.

    To pierce or puncture slightly.

    To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness.

    及物 动物学 体育
  3. 3.

    To pierce or puncture slightly.

    To shoot without killing.

    及物 体育
  4. 4.

    To form by piercing or puncturing.

    及物

    to prick holes in paper

    to prick a pattern for embroidery

    to prick the notes of a musical composition

  5. 5.

    To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark.

    废旧
  6. 6.

    To mark the surface of (something) with pricks or dots; especially, to trace a ship’s course on (a chart).

    及物 航海 交通
  7. 7.

    To run a middle seam through the cloth of a sail.

    废旧 航海 交通
  8. 8.

    To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing.

  9. 9.

    To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture.

    过时 不及物

    A sore finger pricks.

  10. 10.

    To make or become sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as something pointed; said especially of the ears of an animal, such as a horse or dog; and usually followed by up.

    及物/不及物

    The dog's ears pricked up at the sound of a whistle.

  11. 11.

    Usually in the form prick out: to plant (seeds or seedlings) in holes made in soil at regular intervals.

    植物学 商务
  12. 12.

    To incite, stimulate, goad.

    及物
  13. 13.

    To urge one's horse on; to ride quickly.

    古体 不及物
  14. 14.

    To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.

  15. 15.

    To make acidic or pungent.

    及物
  16. 16.

    To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.

    不及物
  17. 17.

    To aim at a point or mark.

  18. 18.

    to dress or adorn; to prink.

    废旧

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词源

From Middle English prik, prikke, from Old English prica, pricu (“a sharp point, minute mark, spot, dot, small portion, prick”), from Proto-West Germanic *prikō, *priku, from Proto-Germanic *prikô, *prikō (“a prick, point”), of uncertain origin, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *breyǵ- (“to scrape, scratch, rub, prickle, chap”). Cognate with West Frisian prik (“small hole”), West Frisian prikke (“penis”), Dutch prik (“point, small stick", also "penis”), Danish prik (“dot”), Icelandic prik (“dot, small stick”).

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