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pokeBrE /pəʊk/NAmE /poʊk/ verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they poke BrE /pəʊk/ NAmE /poʊk/present simple - he / she / it pokes BrE /pəʊks/ NAmE /poʊks/past simple poked BrE /pəʊkt/ NAmE /poʊkt/past participle poked BrE /pəʊkt/ NAmE /poʊkt/ -ing form poking BrE /ˈpəʊkɪŋ/ NAmE /ˈpoʊkɪŋ/ [T] to quickly push your fingers or another object into sb/sth (用手指或其他东西)捅,戳,杵 SYN prod ◆~ sb/sth with sthShe poked him in the ribs with her elbow. 她用胳膊肘顶他的肋部。◆~ sth into sthShe poked her elbow into his ribs. 她用胳膊肘顶他的肋部。◆~ sb/sthI'm sick of being poked and prodded by doctors. 我讨厌让医生在我身上戳戳点点的。◆She got up and poked the fire (= to make it burn more strongly). 她起来拨了拨火。 [T] ~ sth + adv./prep. to push sth somewhere or move it in a particular direction with a small quick movement 推;捅;戳;探◆He poked his head around the corner to check that nobody was coming. 他从转角处探出头来,查看有没有人过来。◆Someone had poked a message under the door. 有人从门底下塞进了一张纸条。◆Don't poke her eye out with that stick! 别让那根棍子戳着她的眼睛! [I] + adv./prep. if an object is poking out of, through, etc. sth, you can see a part of it that is no longer covered by sth else 露出;伸出;探出◆The end of the cable was left poking out of the wall. 电缆头从墙里露出来了。◆Clumps of grass poked up through the snow. 一簇簇的草破雪而出。 [T] ~ a hole in sth (with sth) to make a hole in sth by pushing your finger or another object into it 捅窟窿;扎洞◆The kids poked holes in the ice with sticks. 孩子们用棍子在冰上戳洞。 [T] ~ sb(taboo, slang) (of a man 男人) to have sex with sb 与(某人)性交●poke ˈfun at sb/sthto say unkind things about sb/sth in order to make other people laugh at them 拿…开心;奚落;嘲弄 SYN ridicule ◆Her novels poke fun at the upper class. 她的小说嘲弄上流社会。●poke/stick your nose into ˈsth(informal) to try to become involved in sth that does not concern you 多管闲事;插手(与己无关的事) ●ˌpoke aˈbout/aˈround(informal) to look for sth, especially sth that is hidden among other things that you have to move 搜查;翻找◆The police spent the day poking around in his office but found nothing. 警察花了一天时间搜查他的办公室,但一无所获。◆(figurative) We've had journalists poking around and asking a lot of questions. 我们让记者追着问了许多问题。●ˈpoke at sthto push a pointed object, your finger, etc. at sth repeatedly with small quick movements (用手指、物件等反复地)捅,戳,扎◆He poked at the spaghetti with a fork. 他用叉子拨弄着意大利细面条。 pokeBrE /pəʊk/NAmE /poʊk/ noun [C, usually sing.] the action of quickly pushing your fingers or another object into sb/sth 捅;戳;拨;挑◆to give the fire a poke 拨一拨火◆He gave me a poke in the ribs to wake me up. 他捅了一下我的肋部把我叫醒。 [U] (BrE) power in a car (汽车的)马力,推进力◆I prefer something with a bit more poke. 我想要马力再大些的。●have a ˌpoke aˈround(informal) to look carefully around a place to see what you can find; to try to find out information about sb/sth 仔细寻觅;探究;打探●take a ˈpoke at sb/sth(old-fashioned, NAmE, informal) to make an unkind remark about sb/sth; to laugh at sb/sth 嘲弄;奚落;嘲笑●(buy) a pig in a ˈpokeif you buy a pig in a poke, you buy sth without seeing it or knowing if it is good enough (买)未看过的东西;(买)不知优劣的东西 |