• vi. 烧火；做司炉工；大吃大喝
• vt. 拨旺火；使饱吃一顿
• n. (Stoke)人名；(英)斯托克

来自荷兰语 stoken,捅，添加燃料，来自 Proto-Germanic*stok,捅，推，来自 PIE*steig,捅，推， 词源同 stake,stick.引申诸相关词义。

stoke

stoke: [17] Stoke is a back-formation from stoker [17], which was borrowed from Dutch stoker. This in turn was derived from the verb stoken ‘put fuel into a furnace’, a descendant of Middle Dutch stoken ‘push, poke’. And stoken came from a prehistoric Germanic base *stok-, a variant of *stik-, *stek- ‘pierce, prick’, from which English gets stick, stitch, etc. So the etymological meaning underlying stoke is of ‘thrusting’ fuel into a fire like a sharp instrument being pushed into something.
=> stick, stitch

stoke (v.)

1680s, "to feed and stir up a fire in a fireplace or furnace," back-formation from stoker (1650s); ultimately from Dutch stoken "to stoke," from Middle Dutch stoken "to poke, thrust," related to stoc "stick, stump," from Proto-Germanic *stok- "pierce, prick," from PIE *steug-, extended form of root *(s)teu- (1) "to push, stick, knock, beat" (see stick (v.)).

Meaning "to stir up, rouse" (feelings, etc.) is from 1837. Stoked "enthusiastic" recorded in surfer slang by 1963, but the extension of the word to persons is older, originally "to eat, to feed oneself up" (1882).

Having "stoked up," as the men called it, the brigades paraded at 10.30 a.m., ready for the next stage of the march. ["Cassell's History of the Boer War," 1901]

1. A friend of his is having a do in Stoke.

他的一位朋友正在斯托克举办宴会。

来自柯林斯例句

2. These demands are helping to stoke fears of civil war.

这些要求助长了人们对内战的恐惧。

来自柯林斯例句

3. They've just opened a new hotel in the Stoke area.

他们刚在斯托克地区开了一家新宾馆。

来自柯林斯例句

4. to stoke up a fire with more coal

往火里再添一些煤

来自《权威词典》

5. He continued to stoke up hatred in his speeches.

他在讲话中不断加深人们的仇恨.

来自《简明英汉词典》