poke的意思|poke的解释-里氏词典

poke [pәuk]

n. 刺, 戳, 袋子

vt. 戳, 捅, 拨弄, 刺

vi. 戳, 刺, 捅, 搜索, 伸出, 行动散慢

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poke

[ 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

<noun.plant>

someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind

<noun.person>

a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases

<noun.artifact>

a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)

<noun.act>

he warned me with a jab with his finger

he made a thrusting motion with his fist

(boxing) a blow with the fist

<noun.act>

I gave him a clout on his nose

[ verb ]

Poke \Poke\, n. (Bot.)
A large North American herb of the genus {Phytolacca}
({Phytolacca 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.

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

A man must have poked into Latin and Greek. --Prior.

Poke \Poke\, n.
1. The act of poking; a thrust; a jog; as, a poke in the
ribs. --Ld. Lytton.

2. A lazy person; a dawdler; also, a stupid or uninteresting
person. [Slang, U.S.] --Bartlett.

3. A contrivance to prevent an animal from leaping or
breaking through fences. It consists of a yoke with a pole
inserted, pointed forward. [U.S.]

{Poke bonnet}, a bonnet with a straight, projecting front.

Poke \Poke\, n. [AS. poca, poha, pohha; akin to Icel. poki, OD.
poke, and perh. to E. pock; cf. also Gael. poca, and OF.
poque. Cf. {Pock}, {Pocket}, {Pouch}.]
1. A bag; a sack; a pocket. ``He drew a dial from his poke.''
--Shak.

They wallowed as pigs in a poke. --Chaucer.

2. A long, wide sleeve; -- called also {poke sleeve}.

{To boy a pig a poke} (that is, in a bag), to buy a thing
without knowledge or examination of it. --Camden.

Poke \Poke\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Poked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Poking}.] [Cf. LG. poken to prick, pierce, thrust, pok a
dagger, knife, D. pook, G. pocken to beat, also Ir. poc a
blow, Gael. puc to push.]
1. To thrust or push against or into with anything pointed;
hence, to stir up; to excite; as, to poke a fire.

He poked John, and said ``Sleepest thou ?''
--Chaucer.

2. To thrust with the horns; to gore.

3. [From 5th {Poke}, 3.] To put a poke on; as, to poke an ox.
[Colloq. U. S.]

{To poke fun}, to excite fun; to joke; to jest. [Colloq.]

{To poke fun at}, to make a butt of; to ridicule. [Colloq.]

While we can poke fun at these books, all of them contain helpful information.
The event in downtown Wroclaw was staged by the opposition group Orange Alternative, which often uses satire to poke fun at Poland's communist government.
Boskin said Humphrey "would poke fun at himself for talking too long.
"When you feel secure, you can poke fun at yourself," said Serena Dandini, one of three authors of the new weekly show "TiVu Delle Ragazze" (The Girls' Television).
They poke their noses further into the cages.
Dark red plumes atop the tall grain amaranth sway in the breeze at one end of this unusual field, and long ears of brilliant blue corn poke out of shucks near the other end.
Baucus' subcommittee was gathering testimony on legislative proposals to reduce use of chlorofluorocarbons, known as CFCs, which poke holes in the ozone layer and let the ultraviolet rays through.
Dershowitz said investigators have a tendency to avoid producing documents that defense attorneys might later poke holes into.
But it appears that the terms of Unilever's offer could poke a big hole in Chesebrough's parachute.
In the water, we poke our arms and cameras through the slits in the cages to catch the shark's attention and lure him in closer.
Political commentators and cartoonists often poke fun at De Mita's thick southern accent.
The ADA report said the toy has a pacifier with a stick that could poke a child's eye.
Even the normally dour Argentines poke fun at this one.
This occurred in past times of surplus, the report recalls, adding that "the projected financial riches of the Social Security trust fund and its implied dramatic effects appear to be more of a pig in poke than anything else."
When he did finally poke his nose out from behind the curtain at the end of Gotterdammerung on Sunday, all hell broke loose.
At the other end, Dino Baggio saved the day in extra time by hooking a Yekini poke off the line. Later, Yekini launched a bitter attack on Nigeria coach Clemens Westerhof, saying the defeat was due to his tactical folly.
Tough Puffing I sneak around, I pry, I poke.
The spot is a none-too-subtle poke at Bugle Boy's archrival, Dockers from Levi Strauss, whose ads turned male bonding into a fashion occasion.
"Kids can poke around and play here and that doesn't happen at most historic sites," Myers said. "There are so many generic living history museums and `no touch' places out there.
"I consider myself an overly protective parent," she said. "I still poke my head out the door." In a surprise turnaround, Britain has declared it is ready to tie the pound to Europe's exchange rate mechanism.
Trading activity continued to poke along at the very slow pace set earlier this week.
"These children poke their hands in garbage dumps where dirty pigs and dogs nuzzle for food.
"The risk is that he buys a pig in a poke or that his plane doesn't come in one day," one analyst said, adding that the margin for error will go down as the company's leverage increases.
In this era of campy comedians snickering down their noses at ordinary folk, it's nice to watch a master poke fun at everybody.
Things have gotten bad enough for the other Washington to begin to poke into the consciousness of official, prosperous, gleaming Washington.
The Warsaw youths reflected the Wroclaw-based "Orange Alternative" movement that in recent years has held "happenings" that poke fun but do not directly attack the communist state.
Securities forecasters often decline even to recognize the real world, preferring instead to poke their heads far out into the future, which cannot be understood or described.
And here they poke fun at prominent people in the community." When the show started in the summer of 1987, Ancelet says he was pleasantly surprised to find that the 20 percent to 25 percent of the audience who didn't speak the language were laughing.
Entrepreneurs selling everything from wristwatches to calendars that poke fun at Mr. Quayle say interest is still strong nearly two years after the election.
Two German poets made up the name to poke fun at simple, cozy, small-town life.

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