Stoke



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 给...添加燃料
• ［英］ v. 给...添加燃料 ( fill with coal or other fuel)
• ［类］ stoke : fuel / irrigate : water ( 添加燃料 / 灌溉水)
• ［记］ stokehold ( 锅炉室) ; stoker ( 司炉)
• ［例］ to stoke up the fire with coal ( 加煤于炉火)

Webster Collegiate

verb (stoked; stoking)

• Etymology: Dutch stoken; akin to Middle Dutch stuken to push
• Date: 1683
• transitive verb
  • 1. to poke or stir up (as a fire) ; supply with fuel
  • 2. to feed abundantly
  • 3. to increase the activity, intensity, or amount of <limiting the number of cars available…will help stoke demand for the car — Keith Naughton>
• intransitive verb
  • to stir up or tend a fire (as in a furnace) ; supply a furnace with fuel

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