stoke

Word family

stoke /stəʊk $ stoʊk/ (also stoke up) verb [transitiveT]

1 BURNto add more coal or wood to a fire 给…添加〔煤、柴火等燃料〕

I stoked the furnace for the night.

我给火炉添煤让它烧过夜。

2 to cause something to increase 加剧，激起

Rising oil prices stoked inflation.

油价上涨加剧了通货膨胀。

stoke fear/anger/envy etc

The scandal has stoked public outrage.

这一丑闻激起了公愤。

3 stoke up phrasal verbphr v

a) BURN stoke something ↔ up to add more coal or wood to a fire 给…添煤[柴火]

We kept the fire stoked up high on cold nights.

在寒冷的夜晚，我们把火添得旺旺的。

b) stoke up somethingFEEL HAPPY/FRIGHTENED/BORED ETC if something stokes up fear, anger etc, it makes a lot of people feel frightened etc 煽起，激起〔恐惧、愤怒等情绪〕

The leaflets stoked up fears of an invasion.

那些传单激起了很多人对侵略的恐惧。

c) stoke up on/with something to eat a lot of food, for example because you will not eat again for a long time 饱餐一顿，大吃一顿

We stoked up on hot soup before going out in the snow.

我们冒雪出门之前喝了很多热汤。

Examples from the Corpus

stoke• A few embarrassments are also smoldering, assiduously stoked by the Gramm camp.• It has stoked catastrophic business failures and contributed to increased unemployment.• Since then he has been stoking his fire with fitness and form re-ignited.• We stoke the coals, put on a pot of potatoes, and slap five pork chops on to the grill.• That, and unwanted copies of the Serpell report on Britain's railways was something to stoke the fires with.• Much of the taxpayers' investment has merely stoked up inflation in land prices, effectively closing agriculture to all but the millionaire.• Their employers were quick to stoke up popular envy through the press if players even temporarily forgot their good fortune.• It stokes up the pressure for the two teams' clash in East Anglia on 5 April.

Origin stoke

(1600-1700) Dutch stoken

stoke verb

Chinese

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