prickle
prickle
noun
noun
- a short, slender, sharp-pointed outgrowth on the bark or epidermis of a plant; a small thorn
（植物的）刺，棘
the prickles of the gorse bushes.
荆豆棘。
■a small spine or pointed outgrowth on the skin of certain animals
（动物的）皮刺
■a tingling sensation on someone's skin, typically caused by strong emotion
针刺般的感觉，刺痛
Kathleen felt a prickle of excitement.
凯思琳感到一阵令人激动的刺痛。
- [no obj.](of a person's skin or a part of the body) experience a tingling sensation, especially as a result of strong emotion
（人的皮肤，身体部位）感到刺痛
the sound made her skin prickle with horror.
那种声音使她恐惧得浑身针刺一般。
■[with obj.]cause a tingling or mildly painful sensation in
引起刺痛
I hate the way the fibres prickle your skin.
我讨厌纤维刺激皮肤的那种感觉。
■(of a person) react defensively or angrily to something
（人）对…做出（自卫、生气的）反应
she prickled at the implication that she had led a soft and protected life.
有人暗指她生活舒适受宠，她很生气。
- Old English pricel 'instrument for pricking, sensation of being pricked'; related to Middle Dutch prickel, from the Germanic base of prick. The verb is partly a diminutive of the verb prick
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