Stoke

[stəʊk] or [stok]

解释:

(verb.) stir up or tend; of a fire.

欧文整理--From WordNet

解释:

(v. t.) To stick; to thrust; to stab.

(v. t.) To poke or stir up, as a fire; hence, to tend, as the fire of a furnace, boiler, etc.

(v. i.) To poke or stir up a fire; hence, to tend the fires of furnaces, steamers, etc.

贾维斯整理

解释:

v.i. to stir or tend a fire.—ns. Stoke′-hole the space about the mouth of a furnace: the space allotted to the stokers: a hole in a reverberatory furnace for introducing a stirring-tool; Stōk′er one who or that which feeds a furnace with fuel.

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