stoke

1. V-T If you stoke a fire, you add coal or wood to it to keep it burning. 給…添煤; 給…添柴火

She was stoking the stove with sticks of maple. 她正在給爐子添?xiàng)鳂渲Α?/p>

2. PHRASAL VERB Stoke up means the same as . 給…添煤; 給…添柴火

He stoked up the fire in the hearth. 他給壁爐裡的火添柴。

3. V-T If you stoke something such as a feeling, you cause it to be felt more strongly. 激起 (某種感覺)

These demands are helping to stoke fears of civil war. 這些要求激起了對(duì)內(nèi)戰(zhàn)的恐懼。

4. PHRASAL VERB Stoke up means the same as . 激起 (某種感覺)

He has sent his proposals in the hope of stoking up interest for the idea. 他已上呈自己的建議，希望能激起人們對(duì)這種想法的興趣。