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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Poke \Poke\, n. [AS. poca, poha, pohha; akin to Icel. poki, OD.
   poke, and perh. to E. pock; cf. also Gael. poca, and OF.
   poque. Cf. {Pock}, {Pocket}, {Pouch}.]
   1. A bag; a sack; a pocket. ``He drew a dial from his poke.''
      --Shak.

            They wallowed as pigs in a poke.      --Chaucer.

   2. A long, wide sleeve; -- called also {poke sleeve}.

   {To boy a pig a poke} (that is, in a bag), to buy a thing
      without knowledge or examination of it. --Camden.

Poke \Poke\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Poked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Poking}.] [Cf. LG. poken to prick, pierce, thrust, pok a
   dagger, knife, D. pook, G. pocken to beat, also Ir. poc a
   blow, Gael. puc to push.]
   1. To thrust or push against or into with anything pointed;
      hence, to stir up; to excite; as, to poke a fire.

            He poked John, and said ``Sleepest thou ?''
                                                  --Chaucer.

   2. To thrust with the horns; to gore.

   3. [From 5th {Poke}, 3.] To put a poke on; as, to poke an ox.
      [Colloq. U. S.]

   {To poke fun}, to excite fun; to joke; to jest. [Colloq.]

   {To poke fun at}, to make a butt of; to ridicule. [Colloq.]

Poke \Poke\, v. i.
   To search; to feel one's way, as in the dark; to grope; as,
   to poke about.

         A man must have poked into Latin and Greek. --Prior.

Poke \Poke\, n. (Bot.)
   A large North American herb of the genus {Phytolacca} ({P.
   decandra}), bearing dark purple juicy berries; -- called also
   {garget}, {pigeon berry}, {pocan}, and {pokeweed}. The root
   and berries have emetic and purgative properties, and are
   used in medicine. The young shoots are sometimes eaten as a
   substitute for asparagus, and the berries are said to be used
   in Europe to color wine.

Poke \Poke\, n.
   1. The act of poking; a thrust; a jog; as, a poke in the
      ribs. --Ld. Lytton.

   2. A lazy person; a dawdler; also, a stupid or uninteresting
      person. [Slang, U.S.] --Bartlett.

   3. A contrivance to prevent an animal from leaping or
      breaking through fences. It consists of a yoke with a pole
      inserted, pointed forward. [U.S.]

   {Poke bonnet}, a bonnet with a straight, projecting front.

资料来源 : WordNet®

poke
     n 1: tall coarse perennial American herb having small white
          flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long
          drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries
          and root are poisonous [syn: {pigeon berry}, {garget}, {scoke},
           {Phytolacca americana}]
     2: a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's
        purchases [syn: {sack}, {paper bag}, {carrier bag}]
     3: a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow); "he warned me with
        a jab with his finger"; "he made a thrusting motion with
        his fist" [syn: {jab}, {jabbing}, {poking}, {thrust}, {thrusting}]
     4: (boxing) a blow with the fist; "I gave him a clout on his
        nose" [syn: {punch}, {clout}, {lick}, {biff}]

poke
     v 1: poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her
          ribs" [syn: {jab}, {prod}, {stab}, {dig}]
     2: search or inquire in a meddlesome way; "This guy is always
        nosing around the office" [syn: {pry}, {nose}]
     3: stir by poking; "poke the embers in the fireplace"
     4: hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the
        salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping
        Southern Baptist" [syn: {thump}, {pound}]
     5: make a hole by poking

资料来源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

poke
     
        The {BASIC} command to write a value to an absolute address.
     
        See {peek}.
     
        [{Jargon File}]
     
        (1995-01-31)
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