pricking

柯林斯詞典

1. V-T If you prick something or prick holes in it, you make small holes in it with a sharp object such as a pin. 扎 (某物); 戳 (洞)
Prick the potatoes and rub the skins with salt. 在這些土豆扎些洞，然后用鹽擦它們的皮。
2. V-T If something sharp pricks you or if you prick yourself with something sharp, it sticks into you or presses your skin and causes you pain. 扎 (人)
She had just pricked her finger with the needle. 她剛用針扎了她的手指。
3. N-COUNT A prick is a small, sharp pain that you get when something pricks you. 刺痛
At the same time she felt a prick on her neck. 同時(shí)她感到脖子上一陣刺痛。
4. N-COUNT If you call someone a prick, you are insulting them because you think they are mean and spiteful or stupid, or you do not like them. 小氣鬼; 可惡之人; 蠢貨[非正式，極度粗魯]
5. N-COUNT A man's prick is his penis. 陰莖[非正式，粗話] [poss N]