| 釋義 |
prickn.
1.prickle,thorn 刺，棘。
△Lr.2.3.16:“woodenpricks，”木刺。
2. piercing with a sharp instrument刺，扎。
△H.V.2.1.34 (32): “for we cannot lodge and board a dozen orfourteen gentlewomen that live honestly by the prickof their needles (i.e.as seamstresses) but it will bethought we keep a bawdy-house straight.”因?yàn)槲覀冎灰咽畮讉€(gè)良家婦女留下來管住管吃，哪怕她們都是靠針線活規(guī)規(guī)矩矩過日子，人家也要認(rèn)為我們是開窯子。
3. stinging thought,qualm,remorse刺痛的思想，疑慮，自責(zé)。
△H.VIII.2.4.168 (171):“My conscience first rceived a tenderness,/Scruple,and prick，”我的良心最初覺得有些敏感、不安和刺痛。
4. centre of the target,bull's-eye靶心。
△L.L.L.4.1.136 (132):“Let the mark have a prick in't，”靶子上要有一個(gè)心。
5. mark or point on a sundial or clock to indicate thehour （日晷或鐘表上的）時(shí)針，點(diǎn)。
△Rom.2.4.121(112):“for the bawdy hand of the dial is now upon the prickof noon.”因?yàn)槿贞猩夏歉拈L(zhǎng)針現(xiàn)在正頂著正午那一點(diǎn)。noontide prick: mark for noon on a sundial日晷上的正午標(biāo)志。
△3H.VI.1.4.33: “Now Phaethon hath tum-bled from his car And made an evening at the noon-tide prick.”現(xiàn)在法厄同翻了車，把中午時(shí)分變成了黃昏。
prickvt.
1. puncture with a pin （用針）刺。
prick down: mark or indicate by a puncture,mark onthe list. enlist. choose 用刺痕標(biāo)明或指出，把…記錄在花名冊(cè)上，登記，選擇。
△2H.IV.2.4.364 (332): “The fiendhath pricked down Bardolph irrecoverable，”魔鬼已經(jīng)把巴道夫當(dāng)做不可救藥者登記在案。
2. make a hole,or mark,by pricking 扎一個(gè)洞，扎一個(gè)記號(hào)。
prick off: mark (one) off the list of the living,finishoff把（某人）從活人名單中勾銷，把…干掉。
△1H.IV.5.1131 (130): “Yea,but how if honour prick me offwhen I come on?”不錯(cuò).但是我向前沖的時(shí)候，榮譽(yù)把我一筆勾銷了又該怎么辦呢？
3. pin釘住.插。
△Shr.3. 2. 71 (69):“pricked in't for afeather.” 插在帽子上，代替羽飾。
4. remove with a needle（用針）挑出，剔出。
△Rom.1.4.66(68): “Not half so big as a round little worm /Pricked from the lazy finger of a maid.”(There was asaying that when maids were idle worms grew in theirfingers.) 它的大小還不及從貪懶丫頭指甲縫里挑出來的小胖蛆的一半。
5. goad用刺棒驅(qū)趕，刺。
△2H.IV.3.2.188 (175):“Come,prick Bullcalf till he roar again.”來，選上(雙關(guān)：刺)小牛犢，讓他用吼叫來反應(yīng)。
△2H.IV.3.2. 191(178):“What,dost thou roar before thou art pricked?”怎么，還沒有刺你，你就吼叫了嗎？
6. goad,i.e. nag,provoke,worry,vex用刺棒驅(qū)趕，（比喻）困擾，刺激，使煩惱，使焦慮。
△2H.IV.3.2.124 (111):“I was pricked well enough before,and you couldhave let me alone.”我過去已經(jīng)受夠騷擾了，求你放了我吧。7. spur,urge,incite鞭策，激勵(lì)，刺激。
△Oth.3.3.413(412):“Pricked to't by foolish honesty and love，”由于被愚蠢的誠(chéng)實(shí)和忠愛所驅(qū)使。
△Shr.3.2.75 (72): “’Tissome odd humour pricks him to this fashion；”大概是一時(shí)異想天開，促使他裝扮成這般模樣。
prick on: spur forward,urge on,incite,instigate鞭策，驅(qū)使，刺激，挑動(dòng)。
△1H.IV.5.1.130(129):“Well,'tisno matter,honor pricks me on.”好，那沒啥，榮譽(yù)鞭策我前進(jìn)。
△1H.VI.3.2.77:“Vow,Burgundy,by honourof thy house,/ Pricked on by public wrongs sustainedin France,/ Either to get the town again,or die.”勃艮第，憑著你的家族榮譽(yù)發(fā)誓，法蘭西所蒙受的共同恥辱也刺激著你，不奪取這座城市，就去死亡。
△Ham.1.1.83: “Theretopricked on by a most emulate pride.”為驕矜好勝所驅(qū)使。
8. attire,clothe,deck out 使穿衣，給穿衣，打扮。
△2H.IV.3.2.165(152):“but if he had been a man'stailor,he'd have pricked you.”但是如果他是個(gè)男裝裁縫，他就會(huì)把你打扮起來。
9. mark down on the list,choose,pick out（在名單上）把…記下，選擇，選出。
△2H.IV.3.2.123 (110): “Prickhim. ”選了他。
△2H.IV.3.2.127 (114):“You need notto have pricked me，”你不必再挑選我了。
10. ? choose選擇。
? fasten with pins用別針釘住。
△2H.IV.3.2.158(145):“Prick him no more.”別再挑選他了(雙關(guān)：不必再用別針把他釘住了)。 prick[prik]v. 刺穿 n. 刺痛
◇ kick agaist the pricks以卵擊石
prick up one’s ears側(cè)耳傾聽 |