prick

中文： 刺、扎、戳

1. To pierce or puncture slightly. (transitive) · John hardly felt the needle prick his arm when the adept nurse drew blood.
2. To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness. (transitive)
3. To shoot without killing. (transitive)
4. To form by piercing or puncturing. (transitive) · to prick holes in paper· to prick a pattern for embroidery
5. To mark the surface of (something) with pricks or dots; especially, to trace a ship’s course on (a chart). (transitive)
6. To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing.
7. To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture. (dated, intransitive) · A sore finger pricks.
8. 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.

He/she/it pricks · 过去式 pricked · 过去分词 pricked · -ing形式 pricking