/stəʊk; stok/
v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p] ~ sth (up) (with sth) put (coal or some other fuel) on the fire of a furnace, an engine, etc （给熔炉、机车等）添加（煤或其他燃料）
*stoke the boiler with coal 给锅炉加煤.
2 (phr v)stoke up (with sth)
(a) stoke a fire, etc （往火里等）加煤, 加燃料
*The caretaker stokes up twice a day. 管理员每天往火里加两次煤.
(b) (infml 口) fill oneself with food; eat a lot 吃饱; 大吃
*You should stoke up now you may not get another meal today. 你现在得吃得饱饱的--你今天可能再没饭吃了.

v alsostoke up [T]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Dutch;Origin: stoken]
to add more coal or wood to a fire
　I stoked the furnace for the night.
to cause something to increase
　Rising oil prices stoked inflation.
stoke fear/anger/envy etc
　The scandal has stoked public outrage.
stoke upphr v
stoke sth⇔up
to add more coal or wood to a fire
　We kept the fire stoked up high on cold nights.
stoke up sth
if something stokes up fear, anger etc, it makes a lot of people feel frightened etc
　The leaflets stoked up fears of an invasion.
stoke up on/with sth
to eat a lot of food, for example because you will not eat again for a long time
　We stoked up on hot soup before going out in the snow.