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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The network externalities prick up the contest of suppliers of modularity and promote the course of value modularity integration and industry convergence.
  价值模块的网络外部性加剧了模块供应商之间的竞争，进一步促进了价值模块整合和产业融合的过程。
• With the exposure of false cases of listed companies which are audited by CPA, the credit crisis and professional risks of CPA profession prick up more and more.
  随着经注册会计师审计的上市公司造假案件的频频曝光，注册会计师行业的信誉危机和执业风险日益加剧。
• 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。
• With more opening of the Chinese market, the competition in market will prick up.
  但随着国内市场开放程度的提高，市场竞争将进一步加剧。