单词 | stoke up |
释义 | stoke up stoke up on/with sth INFORMAL — phrasal verb with stoke /stəʊk/ aep /stoʊk/ verb [I or T] (ALSO stoke up) ► F0 to eat a lot of a particular food in order to avoid feeling hungry or weak later: » As it was a cold morning, she stoked up on bacon, eggs, and beans on toast.Thesaurus+: ↑Eating , ↑Biting, chewing and swallowing stoke /stəʊk/ aep /stoʊk/ verb [I or T] (ALSO stoke up) ↑Verb Endings for stoke F0 to add fuel to a large fire and move the fuel around with a stick so that it burns well and produces a lot of heat: » Once the fire had been stoked up, the room began to get warm.Thesaurus+: ↑Fuels , ↑Petroleum products especially when used as fuelF0 to encourage bad ideas or feelings in a lot of people: » He's been accused of stoking up racial hatred in the region.» Rumours of an emergency meeting of the finance ministers stoked the atmosphere of crisis.Thesaurus+: ↑Encouraging and urging on , ↑Inspiration and inspiring |
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