poke
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they poke | |
| he / she / it pokes | |
| past simple poked | |
| past participle poked | |
| -ing form poking |
- [transitive]
to quickly push your fingers or another object into somebody/something （用手指或其他东西）捅，戳，杵 - 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。
- poke somebody/something with something
- [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 - [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 - [transitive] poke somebody (taboo, slang)
(of a man 男人 to have sex with somebody 与（某人）性交
Word OriginMiddle 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
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。