| 词汇 | prick (up) your ears |
| 释义 | prick (up) your earsprick (up) your ears LISTENif you prick up your ears or your ears prick up, you listen carefully because you have heard something interesting 〔人〕仔细倾听 Jay pricked up his ears when I mentioned a vacation. 我提到假期时，杰伊竖起耳朵来仔细倾听。 Examples from the Corpus prick (up) your ears• Henry pushed his door open a crack, and pricked up his ears.• The horse, scenting home and supper, pricked his ears and stepped out.• I pricked up my ears, and sure enough, the sound was getting louder.• The boy pricked up his ears, because, as it happened, so they were this earth.• I pricked my ears up on that one. → prick (up) your ears at prick1(3) |
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