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    prickly heat

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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    ˌprickly ˈheat noun [uncountable]  MIa skin condition in which you get uncomfortable red spots on your skin. Prickly heat is caused by too much strong sun on your skin. 痱子
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    prickly heat• A prickly heat pressed against his face.• A prickly heat pressed against his face; the teakettle made hissing sounds in the night.• Q I get prickly heat every time I go in the sun.• It is not prickly heat, it is more likely to be Polymorphic Light Eruption, an allergy to the sunshine.• After all, for most of us, a holiday just isn't a holiday without a bout of prickly heat.• Covered in a kind of prickly heat.
    ˌprickly ˈheat nounChineseSyllable
    uncomfortable skin you in condition which red get Corpus a


    prickly heat
    ˌprickly ˈheat noun [uncountable]
    a skin condition in which you get uncomfortable red spots on your skin. Prickly heat is caused by too much strong sun on your skin.


    prickly heatBrE /ˌprɪkli ˈhiːt/ 🔊NAmE /ˌprɪkli ˈhiːt/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] a skin condition, common in hot countries, that causes small red spots that itch 痱子