Poke

[pəʊk] or [pok]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous.

(verb.) make a hole by poking.

(verb.) stir by poking; 'poke the embers in the fireplace'.

手打:尼尔--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A large North American herb of the genus Phytolacca (P. decandra), bearing dark purple juicy berries; -- called also garget, pigeon berry, pocan, and pokeweed. The root and berries have emetic and purgative properties, and are used in medicine. The young shoots are sometimes eaten as a substitute for asparagus, and the berries are said to be used in Europe to color wine.

(n.) A bag; a sack; a pocket.

(n.) A long, wide sleeve; -- called also poke sleeve.

(v. t.) To thrust or push against or into with anything pointed; hence, to stir up; to excite; as, to poke a fire.

(v. t.) To thrust with the horns; to gore.

(v. t.) To put a poke on; as, to poke an ox.

(v. i.) To search; to feel one's way, as in the dark; to grope; as, to poke about.

(n.) The act of poking; a thrust; a jog; as, a poke in the ribs.

(n.) A lazy person; a dawdler; also, a stupid or uninteresting person.

(n.) A contrivance to prevent an animal from leaping or breaking through fences. It consists of a yoke with a pole inserted, pointed forward.

整理:雷蒙德

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Thrust, push, shove.[2]. (Bot.) Garget, pigeon-berry, poke-weed (Phytolacca decandra).

v. n. Grope, feel one's way.

整理:莱昂内尔

解釋/意思:

v.t. to thrust or push against with something pointed: to search for with a long instrument: to thrust at with the horns.—v.i. to grope or feel as in the dark.—n. act of pushing or thrusting: a thrust: a bonnet having a projecting front worn earlier in the century—also Poke′-bonn′et.—ns. Pō′ker an iron rod for poking or stirring the fire; Po′ker-draw′ing a design burnt into lime-tree or other wood with 'pokers ' which rather resembled plumbers' soldering irons.—adj. Pō′kerish like a poker: stiff.—adv. Pō′kerishly.—adj. Pō′king drudging servile.—n. Pō′king-stick a small stick or rod of steel formerly used for adjusting the plaits of ruffs.—adj. Pō′ky stupid: dull: confined with little room: poor shabby.—Poke fun at to ridicule make fun of.

n. a bag: a pouch.—A pig in a poke a blind bargain as of a pig bought without being seen.

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