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pricking

/prik-ing/US // ˈprɪk ɪŋ //

刺痛,刺穿,刺探,刺伤

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of a person or thing that pricks.
    • : a prickly or smarting sensation.

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Examples

  • He started playing with the fork again, pricking his thumb against its end.

  • This reasoning seemed to calm him; but the restlessness of doubt soon returned, pricking like thorns.

  • And at the memory of his voice she felt a little pricking, wounding pain under her eyelids, the birth-pang of unwilling tears.

  • He saw a horseman in flashing armor and blood-red turban come pricking toward them.

  • He can curse the expectant boots which stand holding their black mouths open at him and pricking up their ears.

  • At last Twinkleheels stopped and waited for him, pricking up his ears at Johnnie's whistle.