prick up

英 [prɪk ʌp]

美 [prɪk ʌp]

竖起耳朵听; （耳朵）竖起来认真听

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB-ERG 竖起耳朵听;耳朵支起
  If someonepricks uptheirearsor if theirears prick up, they listen eagerly when they suddenly hear an interesting sound or an important piece of information.
  1. She stopped talking to prick up her ears.
     她不再说话，竖起耳朵听着。
  2. ...ears which prick up at the mention of royalty.
     一提到皇室就竖起耳朵的人

英英释义

verb

• raise
  1. The dog pricked up his ears
  Synonym:prickcock up

双语例句

• Thirdly, the pervasion of western ideology will prick up and the ideological struggle becomes more complex than ever before.
  西方意识形态的渗透会进一步加剧，意识形态的斗争将出现前所未有的复杂性。
• And the Ancient Near Eastern listener would prick up their ears: I thought I knew this story.
  那些古代近东的听众们都竖起耳朵：，我原以为我知道这个故事。
• Hey, prick, what are you doing not cleaning up your kits?
  嗨，蠢货，你不整理你的工具箱，在干嘛？
• In the 21st century, modern science and technology develop rapidly and the competition of talents between the companies has all-time prick up. Then increase in human capital investment becomes the key talisman of enhancing business 'energy and strength, gaining biggest income and conquering the opponents.
  21世纪的今天，现代科学技术迅猛发展，企业间的竞争空前加剧，吸引高素质人才并最大限度激发其潜能是企业取得竞争优势的关键。
• The negligence of farmers 'ownership of land in the process of urbanization will ultimately cause farmers will lose land and become vagrant, which will prick up the polarization of richness and poverty, hence will menace social stabilization.
  城市化过程中漠视农民的土地权，最终将导致大量农民失去土地成为流民，加剧社会严重的贫富分化，影响社会的稳定。
• Mr Obama's line in his state-of-the-union speech in January that "I don't accept second place for the United States of America" caused quite a few ears in China to prick up.
  一月份，奥巴马在其“联邦之州”的演讲中，说道“我不接受美国第二的位置”，引得很多中国人纷纷竖起耳朵。
• Changes in temperature prick up the thermal stresses in the dam.
  水泥水化热是使砌石拱坝施工期产生温度应力的主要因素，外界气温的变化加剧了坝体内部产生的温度应力。
• But different levels of hospital did not have the referral relationship between each other. So it leads the competition prick up.
  但不同级别医院之间没有形成转诊关系，错位竞争，加剧了竞争。
• With more opening of the Chinese market, the competition in market will prick up.
  但随着国内市场开放程度的提高，市场竞争将进一步加剧。
• Just like when you prick my body, that bodily process sets up certain things taking place in my soul.
  就象你刺我的身体，身体的过程会使某些事在灵魂中发生。