poke

verb

/pəʊk/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they poke	/pəʊk/ /pəʊk/
he / she / it pokes	/pəʊks/ /pəʊks/
past simple poked	/pəʊkt/ /pəʊkt/
past participle poked	/pəʊkt/ /pəʊkt/
-ing form poking	/ˈpəʊkɪŋ/ /ˈpəʊkɪŋ/

Idioms Phrasal Verbs

[transitive] to quickly push your fingers or another object into somebody/something（用手指或其他东西）捅，戳，杵 synonym prod
- poke somebody/something with something She poked him in the ribs with her elbow.她用胳膊肘顶他的肋部。
- poke something into something She poked her elbow into his ribs.她用胳膊肘顶他的肋部。
- poke somebody/something 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。
[transitive] poke something + adv./prep. to push something 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！
- The man poked a finger at my shirt.那个人用手指戳了戳我的衬衫。
[intransitive] + adv./prep. if an object is poking out of, through, etc. something, you can see a part of it that is no longer covered by something 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。
- A bony elbow poked through a hole in his sweater.一只瘦骨嶙峋的胳膊肘从他毛衣上的一个洞里伸出来。
- Clumps of grass poked up through the snow.一簇簇的草破雪而出。
[transitive] poke a hole in something (with something) to make a hole in something 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。
[transitive] poke somebody (taboo, slang) (of a man男人) to have sex with somebody与（某人）性交

词源Middle English: origin uncertain; compare with Middle Dutch and Middle Low German poken, of unknown ultimate origin. The noun dates from the late 18th cent.

Idioms

poke fun at somebody/something

to say unkind things about somebody/something in order to make other people laugh at them拿…开心；奚落；嘲弄 synonym ridicule
- Her novels poke fun at the upper class.她的小说嘲弄上流社会。
- She’s always poking fun at herself.她总是自嘲。
Topics Personal qualitiesc2

poke/stick your nose into something

(informal) to try to become involved in something that should not involve you多管闲事；插手（与己无关的事）
- He’s always poking his nose into other people’s business.事情进展不顺利。

poke

noun

/pəʊk/

Idioms

[countable, usually singular] the action of quickly pushing your fingers or another object into somebody/something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。
- When I mentioned the money I got a poke in the back.当我提到钱的时候，我受到了责备。
- Carrie gave him a poke in the side.卡丽捅了一下他的侧腰。
[uncountable] (British English) 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。

词源Middle English: origin uncertain; compare with Middle Dutch and Middle Low German poken, of unknown ultimate origin. The noun dates from the late 18th cent.

Idioms

have a poke around

(informal) to look carefully around a place to see what you can find; to try to find out information about somebody/something仔细寻觅；探究；打探
- His mother often goes into his room and has a good old poke around.他的妈妈经常走进他的房间，在他周围闲逛。

(buy) a pig in a poke

if you buy a pig in a poke, you buy something 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
- Buying from a catalogue can mean buying a pig in a poke.从目录中购买可能意味着一次购买一头猪。

take a poke at somebody/something

(North American English, old-fashioned, informal) to make an unkind remark about somebody/something; to laugh at somebody/something嘲弄；奚落；嘲笑