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
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prick·led, prick·ling.
- : to prick lightly.
- : to cause a pricking or tingling sensation in.
v.无主动词 verb
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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.
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