poke
/pəʊk/
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- Final e often stays silent
US voice -> poke
(v) တို့သည်။ ထိုးသည်။ အပေါက်ဖြစ်အောင် ထိုးသည်။ စုံစမ်းသည်။ pokes, poked, poking
poke /pǝƱk/ v
၁။ (က) ~ sb/ sth (with sth) (တစ်စုံတစ်ရာဖြင့်) ထိုးသည်။ poke the fire (with a poker) (ie to make it burn more strongly) ❍ poke sb in the ribs (ie push them with one's finger, etc in a friendly way). (ခ) ~ sth in sth ထိုး ဖောက်သည်။ ဖောက်သည်။ Poke two holes in the sack so you can see through it. (ဂ) ~ at sth တို့ကနန်းဆိတ်ကနန်း လုပ်သည်။ She poked at her lunch unenthusiastically.
၂။ ထိုးပေးသည်။ (ခေါင်း)ပြူ(ကြည့်)သည်။ poke food through the bars of a cage ❍ He poked his head round the door to see if she was in the room. ❍ Don't poke her eye out with that stick! အဲ့ဒီတုတ်နဲ့ သူ့မျက်စိထိုးမိဦးမယ်။ ❍ NUDGE
n ထိုးခြင်း။ give the fire a poke ❍ give sb a poke in the ribs.
❏ poke about/ around [PHRV ] (infml ) ဟိုကြည့်သည် ကြည့်နှင့်ရှာသည်။ ဟိုရှာသည်ရှာလုပ်သည်။ What were you doing poking about in my room?
❏ poke fun at sb/sth [IDM ] ပြောင်သည်။ လှောင်သည်။ He enjoys poking fun at others.
❏ poke out of/ through sth; poke out/ through/ up [PHRV ] (infml ) ပြူထွက်သည်။ a pen poking out (of sb's pocket) ❍ I can see a finger poking through (a hole in your glove). ❍ A few daffodils were already poking up (ie starting to grow).
- Jane poked me in the arm to get my attention.
- The boys were poking the insects with a pen.
- [poke at] : Tom poked at the vegetables with his fork.
- Poking his hand into the bag, Paul pulled out a biscuit.
- See if you can poke one corner through, and I’ll pull it from the other side.
- [poke through/out/from] : A thin knee poked out of his worn jeans.
- Only her nose poked through her ski mask.
- [poke something into/out of etc something] : Dad poked his head into my room and said dinner was ready.
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