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

• But its creators hope it will make dogs prick up their ears and bark forcing their owners to pay attention to the product being advertised.
  广告制作人希望可以让狗竖起耳朵并吠叫，引起主人注意，让其关注广告中的商品。
• With the exposure of false cases of listed companies which are audited by CPA, the credit crisis and professional risks of CPA profession prick up more and more.
  随着经注册会计师审计的上市公司造假案件的频频曝光，注册会计师行业的信誉危机和执业风险日益加剧。
• Praise from the manager for Aguero, linked in the press with a move to Chelsea in the summer, may make ears prick up but Ancelotti qualified his observation on the21-year-old Argentine.
  来自安切洛蒂的赞美，使得阿圭罗在今年夏天转会切尔西产生了不少的联系。安胖一直在仔细观察着这位21岁的阿根廷人。
• China already joined WTO the overseas medicine giants all entered China and share OTC market, market competition increasingly prick up.
  随着我国加入WTO日益深入，国外的医药巨头纷纷抢滩中国OTC市场，市场竞争程度日益加剧。
• The crack of crack inflected the stability of the Grotto, and the effect of water prick up the effloresce of the cultural relics in the Grotto.
  裂隙发育影响了石窟的稳定性，水的活动加剧了石窟文物的风化。
• Don't prick that boil; allow it to swell up and burst.
  不要挑破那个疖子；让它肿起来自己破裂好了。
• In the end, based on the economy analyzing of e-insurance and the practice, We get some conclusions: 1, e-insurance will prick up the competition between insurance companies.
  最后，在对网络保险进行经济学分析的基础上，结合国外保险公司发展网络保险的实际情况，提出了几点总结：一、网络保险将加剧保险公司的竞争；
• 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。
• It was in a saloon in Savannah, on a hot night in spring, when the chance conversation of a stranger sitting near by made Gerald prick up his ears.
  那是一个很暖的春天夜晚，在萨凡纳的一家酒店，邻座的一位生客的偶尔谈话引起灰拉尔德的侧耳细听。
• 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。