单词 | proke |
释义 | prokev.1 Now chiefly English regional (north-western and midlands), Welsh English, Scottish, and Irish English. 1. a. transitive. To make a thrust at; to poke. Formerly also: †to goad, stir, incite, provoke (a person) to do something (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > motivate [verb (transitive)] > incite or instigate stirc897 putOE sputc1175 prokec1225 prickc1230 commovec1374 baitc1378 stingc1386 movea1398 eager?a1400 pokec1400 provokea1425 tollc1440 cheera1450 irritec1450 encourage1483 incite1483 harden1487 attice1490 pricklea1522 to set on1523 incense1531 irritate1531 animate1532 tickle1532 stomach1541 instigate1542 concitea1555 upsteer1558 urge1565 instimulate1570 whip1573 goad1579 raise1581 to set upa1586 to call ona1592 incitate1597 indarec1599 alarm1602 exstimulate1603 to put on1604 feeze1610 impulse1611 fomentate1613 emovec1614 animalize1617 stimulate1619 spura1644 trinkle1685 cite1718 to put up1812 prod1832 to jack up1914 goose1934 the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > strike in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > strike with pushing action > poke or prod prokec1225 pokec1330 punchc1384 pinga1400 purrc1450 brod1483 rowc1500 dub1513 pod1530 prod1535 job1560 poy1562 pounce1577 poach1632 pote1714 potter1747 poker1774 nug1866 c1225 (?c1200) Hali Meiðhad (Bodl.) (1940) 694 (MED) Al for nawt þu prokest me to forgulten. c1225 (?c1200) Hali Meiðhad (Bodl.) (1940) 700 Ȝef he..halt on to eili þi flesch & prokie þin heorte. c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 122 & wiðseggeð þe grant þrof wið anewile heorte, ne prokie hit se swiðe. c1330 in T. Wright Polit. Songs Eng. (1839) 343 (MED) The fend hem prokede uch man to mourdren other. 1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie lxviii. 30 Nature prokth me..To take peace with the flies,..Reason prouokth me: politiklie to flee. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xiv. i. 2 The Queene ever at his elbow to pricke and proke [L. stimulare] him forward. 1669 W. Wycherley Hero & Leander in Burlesque 75 From her Eye-lids proking off the Glew, Into the boiling water [she] fell a staring. 1699 H. Wanley Let. 2 Sept. 131 Some of the books I enquired after, could not be found on the sudden; but I made a shift to proke out a few of them myself. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. 336 Dunna proke the fire. 1886 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester Proke, to poke. ‘Proke th' fire a bit.’ 1953 M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal 220/1 Proke,..to poke. 1969 D. Griffiths Talk of my Town 28 Prooke, to poke or disturb. b. intransitive. To make a thrust (at something); to make a poking movement; to root about; (also) to pry. N.E.D. (1908) included here a sense ‘to fish for eels by thrusting bait into their lurking-places’, apparently on the basis of quot. 1688 at proking n., but evidence for the verb is lacking. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > strike in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > strike with pushing action > poke or prod pingeOE prokec1330 prod1579 poke1599 gag1622 jook1877 c1330 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 33 Noiþer he [sc. Death] stintes no stokes, Bot ay prickes & prokes Til he vnclustri al þe lokes Þat liif ligges vnder. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xlvi. 263 Well may some from shipboord proke at the dogs aforesaid with forks; others thrust at them with Trout speares & such like weapons. 1660 S. Fisher Rusticus ad Academicos iv. 72 These stand proking, pelting, and stickling, with a company of stones, and sticks, and strawes. 1791 Life & Trans. John Furber 26 He began to proke among the straw. He proked so much, and so feelingly, that at length up starts Mr Furber's head, declaring he really could not bear the point of the sword! 1843 N. Macleod Cracks about Kirk (ed. 2) I. 2 If a man has a sair leg or a sick body ye needna keep prokin' at him and roarin' in his lug a' day that he's no weel. 1898 G. Miller Gloss. Warwickshire Dial. (at cited word) What are you proking about now? you allus puts your nose into every mortal thing you can find. 1914 P. MacGill Children of Dead End xxi. 149 I'm sick of prokin' in the gutters here. 1941 E. R. Eddison Fish Dinner xiv. 261 The plague that sat dozing in her mouth's corner proked at him swiftly. 1953 M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal 220/1 Proke,..to poke; to poke about in an inquisitive manner. Proking about with his hands looking for it in the dark. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 263/1 Proke, poke, specifically poke about in a nosy way. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > project or be prominent [verb (intransitive)] tootc897 shootc1000 to come outOE abuta1250 to stand outc1330 steek?c1335 risea1398 jutty14.. proferc1400 strutc1405 to stick upa1500 issuec1515 butt1523 to stick outc1540 jut1565 to run out1565 jet1593 gag1599 poke1599 proke1600 boke1601 prosiliate1601 relish1611 shoulder1611 to stand offa1616 protrude1704 push1710 projecta1712 protend1726 outstand1755 shove1850 outjut1851 extrude1852 bracket1855 to corbel out1861 to set out1892 pier1951 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxviii. vii. 987 From the lid or cover..there stood proking out long sharp pikes..for to keepe off the enemies. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 327 There bee Insects with little hornes proaking out before their eyes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † prokev.2 Obsolete. rare. intransitive. To ask; to make a demand. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] yearnOE bid971 seek971 askOE beseechc1175 banc1275 yerec1275 cravec1300 desirec1330 impetrec1374 praya1382 nurnc1400 pleadc1400 require1400 fraynec1430 proke1440 requisitea1475 wishc1515 supply1546 request1549 implore?c1550 to speak for ——1560 entreat1565 impetratec1565 obtest?1577 solicit1595 invoke1617 mendicate1618 petition1621 imprecate1636 conjurea1704 speer1724 canvass1768 kick1792 I will thank you to do so-and-so1813 quest1897 to hit a person up for1917 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 414 Prokkyn, or styfly askyn, procor, procito. a1500 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Trin. Dublin) 1926 (MED) He prokes for pride &..wodez; For-þi he must be bett as a barne falles. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Niii/1 To Proke, procare. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1c1225v.21440 |
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