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stoke v.给(炉子)添燃料；煽动；<俚>大吃 (1) 管理员每天往火里加两次煤。(2) 不久，添柴的时候到了。(3) 她喜欢挑起人们之间的不和。(4) 他在讲话中不断加深人们的仇恨。 When a surfer says, "I am so stoked," it means they are excited––the fire of enthusiasm is burning hotter. It's interesting to reflect on how many words in our language have to do with the tending of fires, an activity that has become much less common in recent human history.

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英 [stəʊk] 美 [stoʊk] (1) The caretaker stokes up twice a day.(2) Soon, it came time for her to stoke the fire.(3) She likes to stoke up quarrels between people.(4) He continued to stoke up hatred in his speeches. To stoke is to poke a fire and fuel it so that it burns higher. It can also mean "incite"––a principal's impassive silence in the face of requests for more tater tots might stoke the flames of student anger. 1[VERB 动词]给…添煤(或柴火) If you stoke a fire, you add coal or wood to it to keep it burning.   [V n]  [V P n (not pron)]She was stoking the stove with sticks of maple.她正在往炉子里添枫树枝。Stoke up means the same as stoke .stoke up 同 stokeHe stoked up the fire in the hearth.他给壁炉里的火添了点柴。2[VERB 动词]煽起；鼓动；激起 If you stoke something such as a feeling, you cause it to be felt more strongly.   [V n]  [V P n (not pron)]These demands are helping to stoke fears of civil war.这些要求助长了人们对内战的恐惧。Stoke up means the same as stoke .stoke up 同 stokeHe has sent his proposals in the hope of stoking up interest for the idea.他已经提交自己的建议，希望能激起大家对该想法的兴趣。

英语单词	stoke
英美音标	英 [stəʊk] 美 [stoʊk]
中文释义	v.给(炉子)添燃料；煽动；<俚>大吃
英语例句	(1) The caretaker stokes up twice a day. (2) Soon, it came time for her to stoke the fire. (3) She likes to stoke up quarrels between people. (4) He continued to stoke up hatred in his speeches.
中文例句	(1) 管理员每天往火里加两次煤。 (2) 不久，添柴的时候到了。 (3) 她喜欢挑起人们之间的不和。 (4) 他在讲话中不断加深人们的仇恨。
vocabulary简明	To stoke is to poke a fire and fuel it so that it burns higher. It can also mean "incite"––a principal's impassive silence in the face of requests for more tater tots might stoke the flames of student anger.
vocabulary扩展	When a surfer says, "I am so stoked," it means they are excited––the fire of enthusiasm is burning hotter. It's interesting to reflect on how many words in our language have to do with the tending of fires, an activity that has become much less common in recent human history.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]给…添煤(或柴火) If you stoke a fire, you add coal or wood to it to keep it burning. [V n] [V P n (not pron)] She was stoking the stove with sticks of maple. 她正在往炉子里添枫树枝。 Stoke up means the same as stoke .stoke up 同 stoke He stoked up the fire in the hearth. 他给壁炉里的火添了点柴。 2 [VERB 动词]煽起；鼓动；激起 If you stoke something such as a feeling, you cause it to be felt more strongly. [V n] [V P n (not pron)] These demands are helping to stoke fears of civil war. 这些要求助长了人们对内战的恐惧。 Stoke up means the same as stoke .stoke up 同 stoke He has sent his proposals in the hope of stoking up interest for the idea. 他已经提交自己的建议，希望能激起大家对该想法的兴趣。

Stoke [V Fire Means Verb 动词 N P