prod
- IPA[präd]
美式
- poke (someone) with a finger, foot, or pointed object；stimulate or persuade (someone who is reluctant or slow) to do something
- a poke with a finger, foot, or pointed object；an act of stimulating or reminding someone to do something
noun: prod, plural noun: prods
- 釋義
- 相關詞
動詞
- 1. poke (someone) with a finger, foot, or pointed object he prodded her in the ribs to stop her snoring a woman prods at a tiger with a stick 同義詞
- ▪ stimulate or persuade (someone who is reluctant or slow) to do something he has been trying to prod the White House into launching an antipoverty program 同義詞
名詞
- 1. a poke with a finger, foot, or pointed object he gave the wire netting an experimental prod 同義詞
- ▪ an act of stimulating or reminding someone to do something he'll need a little prod to get back to the task at hand 同義詞
- 2. a pointed implement, typically one discharging an electric current and used as a goad a cattle prod 同義詞
- 更多解釋
- IPA[prɒd]
英式
- poke with a finger, foot, or pointed object: he prodded her in the ribs she took up a fork and prodded at the food
- a poke with a finger, foot, or pointed object: he gave the wire netting an experimental prod
Oxford Dictionary
- IPA[prɒd]
英式
- (especially in Ireland) a Protestant.
- (especially in Ireland) Protestant.
Oxford Dictionary
