poke out
短语n. 施舍的食物, 用柴烧的野餐
词形变化
释义与例句
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1.
To be barely visible past an obstruction or obstructions; to protrude.
不及物1886, Wilkie Collins, The Evil Genius, London: Chatto & Windus, Volume 1, Before the Story, Part 4, p. 41, Here’s the Queen, my dears, in her gilt coach, drawn by six horses. Do you see her sceptre poking out of the carriage window? She governs the nation with that.
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2.
To emerge from behind, in, or under something.
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3.
To cause (something) to protrude or emerge.
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4.
To remove (something) by poking (often creating a hole in the process).
及物1665, John Phillips (translator), Typhon, or, The Gyants War with the Gods by Paul Scarron (1644), London: Samuel Speed, Canto 5, p. 147, Apollo then does shoot so right With shaft that’s sharp as well as bright, Hits Ephialtes in the eye; And Hercules that then stood by, Pokes out his other: farewel he.
1842, Robert Browning, “The Pied Piper of Hamelin” in Lyrics of Life, Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1866, p. 35, lines 148-149, “Go,” cried the Mayor, “and get long poles! Poke out the nests and block up the holes!