Pricking

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prick

(n.) The act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point.

(n.) The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce lameness.

(n.) Same as Nicking.

(n.) A sensation of being pricked.

(n.) The mark or trace left by a hare's foot; a prick; also, the act of tracing a hare by its footmarks.

(n.) Dressing one's self for show; prinking.

编辑:卡罗尔

• The figure at the stake was very still, yet the black warriors were but pricking it. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• It used to be pricking bits of rubber to make balls. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• It was not so much what she said; it was she herself who roused him, roused him with a small, vivid pricking. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• The pain from the pricking of the skin by the needles is exasperating; but when the explosions of the cartridges commence the animal becomes frantic. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Gerald went about all day with a tendency to cringe, as if there were the point of a sword of Damocles pricking the nape of his neck. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• He then stopped as though waiting for my reply, pricking up his antennae-like ears and cocking his strange-looking eyes still further toward me. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.

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