prick up one's ears

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To listen attentively.
    — 'I doubt if you will ever have met "Rainproof" Nogg,' wrote one about this time—a shrewd old lady whose Dutch-sounding name caused pushful young hostesses to prick up their ears even when it reached them at third hand.

词形变化

pricks up one's ears present,singular,third-person pricking up one's ears participle,present pricked up one's ears participle,past pricked up one's ears past prick one's ears alternative
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