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prickle

/prik-uhl/US // ˈprɪk əl //UK // (ˈprɪkəl) //

皮刺,皮条客,皮疹,刺痛

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
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    • : a sharp point.
    • : a small, pointed process growing from the bark of a plant.
    • : a sharp process or projection, as from the skin of an animal; a spine.
    • : a pricking sensation.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    prick·led, prick·ling.

    • : to prick lightly.
    • : to cause a pricking or tingling sensation in.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    prick·led, prick·ling.

    • : to tingle as if pricked.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • For an hour or two, exile became a notion rather than a perpetual prickle in the stomach.

  • Variable œdema of the prickle layer and of the cutis is found.

  • I felt the prickle of my skin, the stiffening of my hair, as well as the cold tingling thrills along my veins.

  • The wild Dog-rose is still the "canker" in the speech of the old people, and a thorn or prickle is still a "bush."

  • Sane as Kenset was, as cool and self-contained, he could not repress a cold prickle of resentment at that memory.

  • Fake though he knew it to be, Cleek could not repress a swift rush and prickle of "goose-flesh" at sight of it.