poke
- v.戳;(用手指或其他东西)捅，杵;捅;探;伸出;探出;露出;推;捅窟窿;与（某人）性交
- n.戳;捅;拨;挑;(汽车的)马力，推进力
pokeverb
（用手指或其他东西）捅，戳，杵
to quickly push your fingers or another object into sb/sth
She poked him in the ribs with her elbow.
她用胳膊肘顶他的肋部。
She poked her elbow into his ribs.
她用胳膊肘顶他的肋部。
I'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。
推；捅；戳；探
to push sth somewhere or move it in a particular direction with a small quick movement
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！
露出；伸出；探出
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
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。
捅窟窿；扎洞
to make a hole in sth by pushing your finger or another object into it
The kids poked holes in the ice with sticks.
孩子们用棍子在冰上戳洞。
与（某人）性交
to have sex with sb
to say unkind things about sb/sth in order to make other people laugh at them
她的小说嘲弄上流社会。
Her novels poke fun at the upper class.
to try to become involved in sth that does not concern you
搜查；翻找
to look for sth, especially sth that is hidden among other things that you have to move
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，但是没有发现什么情况。
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。
（用手指、物件等反复地）捅，戳，扎
to push a pointed object, your finger, etc. at sth repeatedly with small quick movements
He poked at the spaghetti with a fork.
他用叉子拨弄着面条。
noun
捅；戳；拨；挑
the action of quickly pushing your fingers or another object into sb/sth
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。
（汽车的）马力，推进力
power in a car
I prefer something with a bit more poke.
我想要马力再大些的。
to look carefully around a place to see what you can find; to try to find out information about sb/sth
to make an unkind remark about sb/sth; to laugh at sb/sth
if you buy a pig in a poke , you buy sth without seeing it or knowing if it is good enough
poke
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VERB （用手指或尖物）戳，捅，杵
If you poke someone or something, you quickly push them with your finger or with a sharp object.Lindy poked him in the ribs.
琳迪戳了戳他的肋部。
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VERB 把…戳进；把…插入
If you poke one thing into another, you push the first thing into the second thing.He poked his finger into the hole.
他把手指插入孔中。
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VERB （从后面或下面）露出，冒出
If something pokes out of or through another thing, you can see part of it appearing from behind or underneath the other thing.He saw the dog's twitching nose poke out of the basket...
他看到那只狗一抽一抽的鼻子从篮子里冒出来。
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V-ERG （使）（头）伸出；（使）探出
If you poke your head through an opening or if it pokes through an opening, you push it through, often so that you can see something more easily.Julie tapped on my door and poked her head in...
朱莉轻轻地敲了敲我的门，探进头来。
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to poke fun at→ see:fun
noun
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- (boxing) a blow with the fist
- I gave him a clout on his nose
- Synonym: punch clout lick biff slug
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- a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
- he warned me with a jab with his finger
- he made a thrusting motion with his fist
- Synonym: jab jabbing poking thrust thrusting
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- a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
- Synonym: sack paper bag carrier bag
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- someone who takes more time than necessary;someone who lags behind
- Synonym: dawdler drone laggard lagger trailer
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- tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes;young fleshy stems are edible;berries and root are poisonous
- Synonym: pigeon berry garget scoke Phytolacca americana
verb
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- poke or thrust abruptly
- he jabbed his finger into her ribs
- Synonym: jab prod stab dig
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- make a hole by poking
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- hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
- the salesman pounded the door knocker
- a bible-thumping Southern Baptist
- Synonym: thump pound
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- stir by poking
- poke the embers in the fireplace
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- search or inquire in a meddlesome way
- This guy is always nosing around the office
- Synonym: intrude horn in pry nose
数据来源：WordNet
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Everywhere you look is life ; even the little ball of spit on the weed stalk , if you poke it apart , has a green worm inside it .
到处都是勃勃的生机，甚至粘在草茎上的小雪球里，也会躺着一只小绿虫，如果你把它捅开的话。
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She should know better than to poke the animal with her umbrella .
她应当知道不该用伞去捅动物。
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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，但是没有发现什么情况。
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The end of the cable was left poking out of the wall .
电缆头从墙里露出来了。
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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。
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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。
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Her novels poke fun at the upper class .
她的小说嘲弄上流社会。
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Someone had poked a message under the door .
有人从门底下塞进了一张纸条。
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She got up and poked the fire .
她起来拨了拨火。
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Don 't poke her eye out with that stick !
别让那根棍子戳着她的眼！
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The kids poked holes in the ice with sticks .
孩子们用棍子在冰上戳洞。
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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。
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I 'm sick of being poked and prodded by doctors .
我讨厌让医生在我身上戳戳点点的。
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Clumps of grass poked up through the snow .
一簇簇的草破雪而出。
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Stop poking me in the ribs !
别捅我了！
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She poked him in the ribs with her elbow .
她用胳膊肘顶他的肋部。
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She poked her elbow into his ribs .
她用胳膊肘顶他的肋部。
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He poked at the spaghetti with a fork .
他用叉子拨弄着面条。
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We hadn 't been able to poke our heads out and see what was going on
我们无法伸出头去，看看发生了什么。
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She poked and shifted things with the tip of her walking stick
她用手杖尖翻拨挪动东西。
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She poked fun at people 's shortcomings .
她拿别人的缺点开玩笑。
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We opened up the car bonnet and he started poking around in my engine .
我们打开了车子的引擎盖，他开始仔细查看发动机。
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We don 't like strangers who poke their noses into our affairs
我们不喜欢陌生人干预我们的事务。
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He poked around the top of his cupboard for the bottle of whisky
他翻遍了食橱的上层，想找那瓶威士忌。
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He saw the dog 's twitching nose poke out of the basket
他看到那只狗一抽一抽的鼻子从篮子里冒出来。
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Julie tapped on my door and poked her head in
朱莉轻轻地敲了敲我的门，探进头来。
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Horses were poking their heads over their stall doors .
马儿们从马厩门上探出头来。
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She poked at her food with a fork
她拿叉子拨弄着食物。
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Reggie threw more wood on the fire and poked at it .
雷吉又往火上扔了些木柴。
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He poked his finger into the hole .
他把手指插入孔中。
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