stoke/stəʊk/

vt

1. (给熔炉)添加燃料

• Stoke the furnace with wood. 给炉子添柴。

2. 煽动；激起

• The leaflet stoked up a lot of fears of an invasion. 传单引起了对入侵的恐惧。

• stoke up economy 刺激经济

vi

1. 添加燃料烧旺；烧火

• Get the fire stoked up. 把火烧旺点。

2. 狼吞虎咽地吃

• He was stoking up as if this meal was going to be his last. 他狼吞虎咽，好像这是他最后一顿饭似的。