prick /prɪk/ CET6+ TEM4 ( pricking, pricked, pricks )

• 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)

  例：

  Prick the potatoes and rub the skins with salt.

  在这些土豆扎些洞，然后用盐擦它们的皮。

• 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)

  例：

  She had just pricked her finger with the needle.

  她刚用针扎了她的手指。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT A prick is a small, sharp pain that you get when something pricks you. 刺痛

  例：

  At the same time she felt a prick on her neck.

  同时她感到脖子上一阵刺痛。

• 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. 小气鬼; 可恶之人; 蠢货 [非正式，极度粗鲁]

• 5. 

  N-COUNT A man's prick is his penis. 阴茎 [非正式，粗话] [poss N]