| 词汇 | poke around |
| 释义 | poke aroundpoke around (also poke about British English) phrasal verbphr v informal a) LOOK FORto look for something, especially by moving a lot of things around 到处寻找，乱翻 in James began poking about in the cupboard, looking for the sugar. 詹姆斯开始在柜子里乱翻着找糖。 b) FIND OUTto try to find out information about other people’s private lives, business etc, in a way that annoys them 打听，刺探〔别人的私事〕 in Stop poking around in my business! 别再打听我的事了！ c) poke around (something) to spend time in shops, markets etc looking at nothing in particular 闲逛 SYN browse I spent Sunday afternoon poking around an old bookshop. 星期天下午我在一家老书店打发时间。 Examples from the Corpus poke around• After that he'd spent a lot of time with Jekub, poking around, finding out about it.• By its light, he poked around in the charred remains of the nestboxes.• In the harsh air she poked around in the flowerpots and bushes by the front door.• Have to find out for himself, no other way, poke around, listen, ask, play it carefully.• Why not let me poke around quietly?• I used to poke around the Internet and see what was new online.• Charles sat on the windowsill as Ward poked around the room.• Fakhru went to the wastebasket and poked around with his finger. poke in• Dan loves poking around in hobby shops, looking for new airplanes.• I'm tired of the press poking around in my private life.• By its light, he poked around in the charred remains of the nestboxes.• In the harsh air she poked around in the flowerpots and bushes by the front door.• I poked around in the kitchen, checking out the fridge, the freezer and the cupboards. poke in• By its light, he poked around in the charred remains of the nestboxes.• In the harsh air she poked around in the flowerpots and bushes by the front door.• I poked around in the kitchen, checking out the fridge, the freezer and the cupboards. poke around (something)• After that he'd spent a lot of time with Jekub, poking around, finding out about it.• By its light, he poked around in the charred remains of the nestboxes.• In the harsh air she poked around in the flowerpots and bushes by the front door.• Have to find out for himself, no other way, poke around, listen, ask, play it carefully.• Why not let me poke around quietly?• I used to poke around the Internet and see what was new online.• Charles sat on the windowsill as Ward poked around the room.• Fakhru went to the wastebasket and poked around with his finger. → poke around at poke1(7) |
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