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A sharp point going lightly into a surface — a pin, thorn, or needle pricking the skin to make a tiny hole, with that small sharp sting. Hold both halves: the tiny piercing, and the little sharp pain it leaves. Almost every sense is one or the other, carried over to the body, the feelings, or the ears.
可以想成一根尖尖的東西輕輕扎進表面——別針、刺、針扎進皮膚，戳出一個小洞，伴隨那一下尖尖的刺痛。同時記住兩半：那一下…更多收起
可以想成一根尖尖的東西輕輕扎進表面——別針、刺、針扎進皮膚，戳出一個小洞，伴隨那一下尖尖的刺痛。同時記住兩半：那一下「扎進去」，和它留下的「尖銳小痛」。prick 幾乎每個意思，不是其中扎刺的動作，就是那份刺痛，被搬到身體、情緒或耳朵上。原始詞典資料31 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
pricknoun詞源 1/pɹɪk/
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A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing.
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An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object.
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obsoleteA dot or other diacritical mark used in writing; a point.
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obsoleteA tiny particle; a small amount of something; a jot.
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A small pointed object.
- Pins, wooden pricks, nails, sprigs of rosemary.
- It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
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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.
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A feeling of remorse.
- 1768–1777, Abraham Tucker, The Light of Nature Pursued the pricks of conscience
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vulgarslangThe penis.
- Patriarchal attitudes have made a society where men rule and women obey, where "you'd-better-know-your-place-boy," where gay men actually play husband-and-wife (my lover and I did it for four years, until it became intolerable), where king prick lays down the law.
另外 5 個記錄的用法
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derogatoryslangSomeone (especially a male) who is unpleasant, rude or annoying.
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historicalA small roll of yarn or tobacco.
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The footprint of a hare.
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obsoleteA point or mark on the dial, noting the hour.
- the prick of noon
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obsoleteThe point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin.
- they that shooten nearest the prick
prickverb詞源 2/pɹɪk/
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To pierce or puncture slightly.
- John hardly felt the needle prick his arm when the adept nurse drew blood.
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farrieryhobbieshorsesTo pierce or puncture slightly.
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hobbieshuntinglifestyleTo pierce or puncture slightly.
- They had shot at old Tom, the hare, too, but he is still alive; at least I pricked him yesterday morn across the path into the turnip field.
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To form by piercing or puncturing.
- to prick holes in paper
- to prick a pattern for embroidery
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obsoleteTo mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark.
- c. 1620, Francis Bacon, letter of advice to Sir George Villiers Some who are pricked for sheriffs.
- And, hark ye—let the soldiers for duty be carefully pricked off; and see that none of them be more or less partakers of your debauch.
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nauticaltransportTo mark the surface of (something) with pricks or dots; especially, to trace a ship’s course on (a chart).
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obsoletenauticaltransportTo run a middle seam through the cloth of a sail.
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To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing.
- The cooks [...]prick it [a slice] on a prog of iron.
- I caused the edges of two knives to be ground truly strait; and pricking their points into a board, so that their edges might look towards one another, and, meeting near their points, contain a rectilinear angle
另外 10 個記錄的用法
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datedTo be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture.
- A sore finger pricks.
- By the pricking of my thumbs, / Something wicked this way comes.
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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.
- The dog's ears pricked up at the sound of a whistle.
- The courser [...] pricks up his ears.
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agriculturebusinesshorticultureUsually in the form prick out: to plant (seeds or seedlings) in holes made in soil at regular intervals.
- Seed should be sown thinly and evenly to enable seedlings to be pricked out without disturbing those that have just emerged. If there is space, seedlings should be pricked out individually, either into small pots or module trays.
- All three germinate well in pots and can be pricked out and potted on with no problems. [...] Grass seeds can be collected as the heads begin to break up. Sow them in late spring, prick out small bundles of seedlings into 7.5cm (3in) pots and transplant them in late May.
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To incite, stimulate, goad.
- My duty pricks me on to utter that.
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archaicTo urge one's horse on; to ride quickly.
- At last, as through an open plaine they yode, They spide a knight that towards them pricked fayre [...].
- Part, on the plain or in the air sublime, / Upon the wing or in swift race contend, / As at the Olympian games or Pythian fields; / Part curb their fiery steed, or shun the goal / With rapid wheel, or fronted brigads form : / As when, to warn proud cities, war appears / Waged in the trouble sky, and armies rush / To battle in the clouds; before each van / Prick forth the aery knights, and couch their spears / Till thickest legions close; with feats of arms / From either end of heaven the welkin burns.
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To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.
- Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart.
- […] I was prick'd with some reproof, / As one that let foul wrong stagnate and be, / By having look'd too much thro' alien eyes, / And wrought too long with delegated hands, / Not used mine own: […]
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To make acidic or pungent.
- For then their late Attracts decline, And turn as eager as prick'd Wine
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To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.
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To aim at a point or mark.
- This prayse belongeth to stronge shootinge and drawinge of mightye bowes, not to prickinge, and nere shootinge.
- With Broad-arrow, or But, or Prick, or Rouing Shaft, At Markes full fortie score, they vs'd to Prick, and Roue.
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obsoleteto dress or adorn; to prink.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。