1BURNto add more coal or wood to a fire 給…添加〔煤、柴火等燃料〕
I stoked the furnace for the night.
我給火爐添煤讓它燒過夜。
2to cause something to increase 加劇,激起
Rising oil prices stoked inflation.
油價上漲加劇了通貨膨脹。
stoke fear/anger/envy etc
The scandal has stoked public outrage.
這一醜聞激起了公憤。
3stoke upphrasal verbphr v
a)BURN stoke something ↔ up to add more coal or wood to a fire 給…添煤[柴火]
We kept the fire stoked up high on cold nights.
在寒冷的夜晚,我們把火添得旺旺的。
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〔恐懼、憤怒等情緒〕
The leaflets stoked up fears of an invasion.
那些傳單激起了很多人對侵略的恐懼。
c)stoke up on/with something to eat a lot of food, for example because you will not eat again for a long time 飽餐一頓,大吃一頓
We stoked up on hot soup before going out in the snow.