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- a short, slender, sharp-pointed outgrowth on the bark or epidermis of a plant; a small thorn（植物的）刺, 棘：
the prickles of the gorse bushes.
荆豆棘。
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- a small spine or pointed outgrowth on the skin of certain animals（动物的）皮刺。
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- a tingling sensation on someone's skin, typically caused by strong emotion针刺般的感觉, 刺痛：
Kathleen felt a prickle of excitement.
凯思琳感到一阵令人激动的刺痛。
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1- (of a person's skin or a part of the body) experience a tingling sensation, especially as a result of strong emotion（人的皮肤, 身体部位）感到刺痛：
the sound made her skin prickle with horror.
那种声音使她恐惧得浑身针刺一般。
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- with obj. cause a tingling or mildly painful sensation in使感到刺痛：
I hate the way the fibres prickle your skin.
我讨厌纤维刺激皮肤的那种感觉。
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- (of a person) react defensively or angrily to something（人）对…做出（自卫、生气的）反应：
she prickled at the implication that she had led a soft and protected life.
有人暗指她生活舒适受宠, 她很生气。
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