ldoce_264_cpoke1 /pəʊk $ poʊk/ ●●○ verb 1 with a finger/stick etc 用手指/棒等 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]PUSH to quickly push your finger or some other pointed object into something or someone 戳,捅,刺poke somebody/something with something Andy poked the fish with his finger to see if it was still alive. 安迪用手指戳了戳那条鱼,看它是否还活着。
poke somebody in the eye/arm/ribs etc Be careful with that umbrella or you’ll poke someone in the eye. 小心你的伞,别戳到别人的眼睛。
poke at He was poking at the dust with a stick, making little patterns. 他用一根棍子在尘土上拨来划去,弄出各种小图案。
► see thesaurus at push 2 through a space/hole 通过空隙/洞 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] to move or push something through a space or opening 插;伸出;探出poke something in/into/through something He poked a hand into one of his pockets. 他把一只手插进口袋。
One of the nurses poked her head around the door. 其中一名护士从门里探出头来。
3 be seen 被看见 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] if something is poking through or out of something else, you can see part of it but not all of it 从…中露出[伸出,探出]poke out Ella looked at the tiny face poking out of the blanket. 埃拉看着那张露在毛毯外面的小脸。
poke through Weeds had started poking through the cracks in the patio. 露台上已经有杂草开始从缝隙里钻出来。
4 poke a hole to make a hole or hollow area in something by pushing something pointed into or through it 〔在某物上〕戳[捅]一个洞poke a hole into/in/through Poke a hole in the dough, and then form it into a rounded shape. 在面团上戳个洞,把它揉成环形。
5 poke holes in something to find mistakes or problems in a plan or in what someone has said 在某事物中挑毛病[找漏洞] Defense attorneys tried to poke holes in Rodger’s story. 辩护律师试图找出罗杰陈述中的漏洞。
6 poke fun at somebody MAKE FUN OFto make fun of someone in an unkind way 嘲弄某人,取笑某人 Some of the kids were poking fun at Judy because of the way she was dressed. 其中有些孩子在嘲笑朱迪的穿着。
7 poke your nose into something informal to take an interest or get involved in someone else’s private affairs, in a way that annoys them 过问某事,插手某事〔指令人恼火地干预别人的私事〕 I’m sick of your mother poking her nose into our marriage. 我很厌烦你妈妈插手我们的婚姻。
poke your nose into something• Or maybe they resented a stranger poking his nose into their affairs? 9. on the Internet 在因特网上 [transitiveT] to show someone on a social networking site that you want to communicate with them “捅”,“戳”〔在社交网站上表示想与某人交谈〕 10. sex 性 [transitiveT] spoken not politeSEX/HAVE SEX WITH to have sex with a woman 与〔女人〕性交 11 poke along phrasal verbphr v American EnglishAmE informal to move very slowly 缓慢移动 He kept the car in the slow lane, poking along at about 40 miles an hour. 他把车开在慢车道上,以大约40英里的时速缓缓行驶。
12 poke around (also poke about British English) phrasal verbphr v informal a) LOOK FORto look for something, especially by moving a lot of things around 到处寻找,乱翻 in James began poking about in the cupboard, looking for the sugar. 詹姆斯开始在柜子里乱翻着找糖。
c) poke around (something) to spend time in shops, markets etc looking at nothing in particular 闲逛 SYN browse I spent Sunday afternoon poking around an old bookshop. 星期天下午我在一家老书店打发时间。
poke around• After that he'd spent a lot of time with Jekub, poking around, finding out about it.• By its light, he poked around in the charred remains of the nestboxes.• In the harsh air she poked around in the flowerpots and bushes by the front door.• Have to find out for himself, no other way, poke around, listen, ask, play it carefully.• Why not let me poke around quietly?• I used to poke around the Internet and see what was new online.• Charles sat on the windowsill as Ward poked around the room.• Fakhru went to the wastebasket and poked around with his finger. poke in• Dan loves poking around in hobby shops, looking for new airplanes.• I'm tired of the press poking around in my private life.• By its light, he poked around in the charred remains of the nestboxes.• In the harsh air she poked around in the flowerpots and bushes by the front door.• I poked around in the kitchen, checking out the fridge, the freezer and the cupboards. poke in• By its light, he poked around in the charred remains of the nestboxes.• In the harsh air she poked around in the flowerpots and bushes by the front door.• I poked around in the kitchen, checking out the fridge, the freezer and the cupboards.
poke around (something)• After that he'd spent a lot of time with Jekub, poking around, finding out about it.• By its light, he poked around in the charred remains of the nestboxes.• In the harsh air she poked around in the flowerpots and bushes by the front door.• Have to find out for himself, no other way, poke around, listen, ask, play it carefully.• Why not let me poke around quietly?• I used to poke around the Internet and see what was new online.• Charles sat on the windowsill as Ward poked around the room.• Fakhru went to the wastebasket and poked around with his finger.
13.poke into something phrasal verbphr v informal to try to find out information about other people’s private lives, business etc, in a way that annoys them 探听,打探〔别人的私事〕poke into • He was there, and there for some time, poking into everything.