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 addition of SiO2 can keep heavy metals leaching from slag, but the addition of CaO prick up heavy metals leaching.
  SiO2的添加有效的抑制了重金属的浸出，而CaO的添加反而使重金属的浸出加剧。
• The results show: the overfull migration rather prick up the imbalance of rural urban economic and deteriorate employment problem than stimulate economic development.
  结果表明：不受节制的城乡人口流动不但没有刺激经济增长，反而日益加剧了城乡经济不平衡、恶化了城市严重失业问题。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。