English Dictionary

prick up

verb

(of the ears) to rise and become more alert / (of the ears) to raise / (plastering) To apply an undercoat of plaster in order to create a smooth surface for the final coat.

The dog pricked up its ears when it heard a noise.

意味（1）

(of the ears) to rise and become more alert

意味（2）

(of the ears) to raise

意味（3）

(plastering) To apply an undercoat of plaster in order to create a smooth surface for the final coat.

Either the rubble-wall builder, be he bricklayer or mason, must acquire much of the skill of the plasterer, or the plasterer must learn to pack up brick or stone rubble into the form of a wall, and to give more effect to the mortar with which he plasters, than when he pricks up against a lathed partition or ceiling, or renders the face of a brick wall;