| 词汇 | prod |
| 释义 | prod verb uk /prɒd/ us /prɑːd/-dd- [ I or T ] to push something or someone with your finger or with a pointed object: （用手指、尖物等）刺，捅;戳 I prodded her in the back to get her attention.我捅了捅她的背以引起她的注意。 She prodded the cake with her fork to see if it was cooked.她用叉子戳了戳蛋糕看是不是做好了。 He prodded at the fish with his fork a few times, but he didn't eat a mouthful.他用叉子戳了几次鱼，但一口也没有吃。 [ T ] to encourage someone to take action, especially when they are being slow or unwilling: 激励，促使，敦促 He gets things done, but only after I've prodded him into doing them.他把事情做完了，不过是在我的督促下他才这么做的。 Pushing and shoving bat bat something/someone away boop bring bring someone down bundle dig elbow goad knock someone down mash poke poke/dig someone in the ribsidiom propel push rib shoulder upend upset wrangle You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Causing somebody to act Encouraging and urging on prod noun uk /prɒd/ us /prɑːd/ [ C ] an act of pushing something or someone with your finger or with a pointed object: 刺，捅，戳 He gave her a prod in the ribs.他捅了她肋骨一下。 [ S ] encouragement to do something: 激励，鼓励 She hasn't ordered that book for me yet - I must give her a prod.她还没帮我订购那本书——我必须提醒她一下。 Pushing and shoving bat bat something/someone away boop bring bring someone down bundle dig elbow goad knock someone down mash poke poke/dig someone in the ribsidiom propel push rib shoulder upend upset wrangle You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Encouraging and urging on prod | American Dictionaryprod verb[ I/T ] us/prɑd/-dd- to push something or someone with your finger or with an object: [ T ]The barber prodded the back of Ray’s head. To prod someone is to encourage someone to take action, esp. when the person is slow or unwilling: [ I ]No matter how much I prod he will not tell me what happened. prodnoun[ C ]us/prɑd/ The protests were a prod for Congress to debate the issue. Examples of prodprod When placed on the child, the cattle prod produces intense pain. We illustrate this idea for the sum and prod aggregate functions. The coarser laminae often display finely preserved microripples and current lineations on their upper surfaces and delicate rainprints, prod, and groove casts on their lower surfaces. Where sandstone beds succeed shale, the lower bedding planes of single beds show well-developed load casts or erosional features, such as flute casts, prod marks, groove casts and gutter casts. What is being done to prod them forward? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If he does not do it, we shall continue to prod him. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The area boards will have important policy-making functions and the duty to prod, probe and examine the work of their officers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will shareholders prod and poke around the works to ensure that safety standards are applied? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The negotiation of the new contract for pharmacists should finally start to prod us into the modern age. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that unless we give that sort of prod we shall not get out of this recession as quickly as we ought. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We undertake only to give a prod to people to show them the way and to help them a little. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My motivation has nothing to do with revenge, but a great deal to do with trying to prod the memories of the young. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps someone should prod him to get his attention. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In supporting this amendment, which is meant to prod the undertakers to get on with the burial. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that my measure will be a further prod to get them moving in that direction. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of prod These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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