prick
要点ちくりと刺す、ちくちく痛ませる、ちくりと刺すこと
意味
- (…で)…をちくりと刺す,突く《+名+with+名》
- 〈人,人の心身〉をちくちく痛ませる,ちくちく苦しめる
- ちくりと刺すこと
- 刺してできた傷,突き傷;刺し穴
- 刺すような痛み;(心の)うずき,痛み《+of+名》
- とげ,針
例文
At the sound of my voice, my dog pricked up his ears.
私の声を聞きつけて、私の犬は耳をそばだてた。
The dog pricked up his ears at the sound.
その犬はその音を聞いて耳をピンと立てた。
It is better to be stung by a nettle than pricked by a rose.
バラのとげで刺されるよりは、いらくさのとげで刺された方がましだ。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English prik, prikke, from Old English prica, pricu (“a sharp point, minute mark, spot, dot, small portion, prick”), from Proto-West Germanic *prikō, *priku, from Proto-Germanic *prikô, *prikō (“a prick, point”), of uncertain origin, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *breyǵ- (“to scrape, scratch, rub, prickle, chap”). Cognate with West Frisian prik (“small hole”), West Frisian prikke (“penis”), Dutch prik (“point, small stick", also "penis”), Danish prik (“dot”), Icelandic prik (“dot, small stick”).