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

• The deterioration of global environments brings trade restriction measures into the consideration of environment protection and the prick up of international economy competition causes the cut down of tariff and non-tariff trade barrier.
  全球环境问题的恶化使得人们开始考虑使用经贸限制措施促进环境的保护，国际经济竞争的加剧使关税和传统的非关税壁垒进一步削减。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。