stoke

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++stoke /stəʊk $ stoʊk/ (also stoke up) verb [transitive]  1  BURNto add more coal or wood to a fire 给…添加〔煤、柴火等燃料〕 I stoked the furnace for the night. 我给火炉添煤让它烧过夜。2  to cause something to increase 加剧，激起 Rising oil prices stoked inflation. 油价上涨加剧了通货膨胀。stoke fear/anger/envy etc The scandal has stoked public outrage. 这一丑闻激起了公愤。3 stoke up phrasal verb a) BURN stoke something ↔ up to add more coal or wood to a fire 给…添煤[柴火] We kept the fire stoked up high on cold nights. 在寒冷的夜晚，我们把火添得旺旺的。b) stoke up somethingFEEL HAPPY/FRIGHTENED/BORED ETC if something stokes up fear, anger etc, it makes a lot of people feel frightened etc 煽起，激起〔恐惧、愤怒等情绪〕 The leaflets stoked up fears of an invasion. 那些传单激起了很多人对侵略的恐惧。c) stoke up on/with something to eat a lot of food, for example because you will not eat again for a long time 饱餐一顿，大吃一顿 We stoked up on hot soup before going out in the snow. 我们冒雪出门之前喝了很多热汤。→ See Verb table

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stoke• A few embarrassments are also smoldering, assiduously stoked by the Gramm camp.• It has stoked catastrophic business failures and contributed to increased unemployment.• Since then he has been stoking his fire with fitness and form re-ignited.• We stoke the coals, put on a pot of potatoes, and slap five pork chops on to the grill.• That, and unwanted copies of the Serpell report on Britain's railways was something to stoke the fires with.• Much of the taxpayers' investment has merely stoked up inflation in land prices, effectively closing agriculture to all but the millionaire.• Their employers were quick to stoke up popular envy through the press if players even temporarily forgot their good fortune.• It stokes up the pressure for the two teams' clash in East Anglia on 5 April.Origin stoke (1600-1700) Dutch stoken

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stoke
stoke /stəʊk $ stoʊk/ (also stoke up) verb [transitive]1. to add more coal or wood to a fire:
    I stoked the furnace for the night.
2. to cause something to increase:
    Rising oil prices stoked inflation.
    stoke fear/anger/envy etc
    The scandal has stoked public outrage.
     
stoke up phrasal verb
  1. stoke something ↔ up to add more coal or wood to a fire:
    We kept the fire stoked up high on cold nights.
  2. stoke up something if something stokes up fear, anger etc, it makes a lot of people feel frightened etc:
    The leaflets stoked up fears of an invasion.
  3. stoke up on/with something to eat a lot of food, for example because you will not eat again for a long time:
    We stoked up on hot soup before going out in the snow.

stokeBrE /stəʊk/ 🔊NAmE /stoʊk/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they stoke BrE /stəʊk/ 🔊 NAmE /stoʊk/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it stokes BrE /stəʊks/ 🔊 NAmE /stoʊks/ 🔊past simple stoked BrE /stəʊkt/ 🔊 NAmE /stoʊkt/ 🔊past participle stoked BrE /stəʊkt/ 🔊 NAmE /stoʊkt/ 🔊 -ing form stoking BrE /ˈstəʊkɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈstoʊkɪŋ/ 🔊~ sth (up) (with sth) to add fuel to a fire, etc. 给…添加（燃料）◆to stoke up a fire with more coal往火里再添一些煤◆to stoke a furnace给炉子添煤~ sth (up) to make people feel sth more strongly 煽动；激起◆to stoke up envy激起妒忌~ sth (up) to make sth increase or develop more quickly 促使…的增加；刺激…的发展；加剧◆They were accused of stoking the crisis. 他们被指控对这次危机起了推波助澜的作用。🔊🔊 ●ˌstoke ˈup (on/with sth)(informal) to eat or drink a lot of sth, especially so that you do not feel hungry later 吃饱；吃好；喝足◆Stoke up for the day on a good breakfast. 早饭要吃得饱饱的，整整一天呢。🔊🔊