a prick of sth
多用于抽象感受,如 a prick of guilt、a prick of conscience,表示短暂而轻微的情绪。
She felt a prick of guilt for not telling the truth.
她因为没说实话而感到一阵内疚。
小孔;刺痕;扎痕
pricks — plural of prick
刺痛;扎痛;尖头物;尖刺;内疚;悔恨;野兔的足迹;兔子的脚印;刺穿造成的小孔或穿孔。
A small hole or mark made by piercing with a pointed object.
刺穿造成的小孔或穿孔。
A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing.
尖物留下的凹痕或小印记。
An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object.
小而尖的物体。
A small pointed object.
被尖小物体刺穿或扎破的感觉。
The experience or feeling of being pierced or punctured by a small, sharp object.
悔恨之感。
A feeling of remorse.
野兔的足迹。
The footprint of a hare.
He made a small prick in the paper with a pin.
他用大头针在纸上刺了一个小孔。
用法提示:这里'prick'作为名词,指用针尖刺出的小孔。
The cactus left a tiny prick on my finger.
仙人掌在我手指上留下了一个小刺痕。
用法提示:这里'prick'作为名词,表示刺伤后留下的微小伤口。
I could see a small prick on the surface of the leather.
我能在皮革表面看到一个小凹痕。
用法提示:这里'prick'作为名词,表示表面上的小刻痕或小凹陷。
多用于抽象感受,如 a prick of guilt、a prick of conscience,表示短暂而轻微的情绪。
She felt a prick of guilt for not telling the truth.
她因为没说实话而感到一阵内疚。
指被尖物刺到的具体感觉,of 后引出造成刺痛的东西,常与 the 连用。
The prick of the needle made her jump.
针扎的刺痛让她吓了一跳。
feel a prick 后可用 in 或 on 引出身体部位,表示感到刺痛。
I felt a sharp prick in my foot when I stepped on the thorn.
踩到刺时,我感到脚上一阵刺痛。
puncture 侧重刺穿形成的孔,常指轮胎漏气等;prick 更泛,也可指浅表痕迹。
hole 最通用、语义宽泛,不一定由尖物刺成;口语中可替代 prick,但不够精确。
pinhole 强调极小,常含针尖大小或整齐规则之意;prick 则不强调大小。
perforation 较正式或技术性,常指一排或为便于撕开而设的孔;prick 多指单个随意刺出的小孔。
grammar · medium
易错句子The nurse gave me prick in my arm with the needle.
正确表达The nurse gave me a prick in my arm with the needle.
prick 在这里指“针刺、扎一下”,是可数名词,单数形式前必须有限定词。汉语名词前不加冠词,所以最容易漏掉 a;本句指一次扎针,应说 a prick。因读音以辅音开头,不能用 an。
grammar · medium
易错句子She felt a prick of guilty after telling the lie.
正确表达She felt a prick of guilt after telling the lie.
介词 of 后面需要接名词,guilt 是名词,guilty 是形容词,表示“感到……的”时二者常被混用。a prick of guilt(一阵愧疚)对应 prick 表示“悔恨之感”的名词义,改后 of 的宾语才是名词。
针扎的小孔;针孔
The map was marked with a pin prick.
地图上有个针扎的小孔。
针扎;针刺感
The needle prick lasted only a second.
针扎的感觉只持续了一秒钟。
良心不安;愧疚感
After he took the money, he felt a prick of conscience.
他拿了钱之后,感到一阵良心的刺痛。
扎手指(采血)
Diabetes patients often need a finger prick to check blood sugar.
糖尿病患者常常需要扎手指来检测血糖。
皮肤点刺试验
The doctor recommended a prick test for allergies.
医生建议做过敏原皮肤点刺试验。
良心的刺痛;良心不安
He felt a prick of conscience after telling the lie.
他说谎后感到一阵良心不安。
徒劳地反抗;自讨苦吃
He kept criticizing the new rules, but he was just kicking against the pricks.
他不停地批评新规定,但只是在自讨苦吃。
你用脚踢刺棒是难的(出自《圣经·使徒行传》26:14,比喻徒劳无益的反抗)。
He felt a prick of guilt when he saw her wounded look.
看到她受伤的神情,他感到一阵内疚的刺痛。
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