poking stick

常见例句

RVers get their own picnic bench and fire pit; poking a stick into a fire as night falls is almost mandatory, with campsites selling firewood for $5-$7 (￡3-￡4.50) a bundle.
房车旅行者们拿出自己的野餐椅和烤炉，在夜幕降临时升起营火似乎成了大家的规定动作。营地里有柴火供应，每捆的售价为3-4.5镑。
For the first time, biologists have documented the gorillas in the wild, using simple tools to perform rudimentary tasks such as poking a stick in a swampy pool of water to check its depth.
生物学家第一次在野外观察到了大猩猩利用简单的工具完成原始的任务，例如用一根棍子戳入沼泽水塘以试探其深度。
The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called "truth.
梦开始于教师的信任。教师拉着、推着、领着你到新的高度，有时还用一种名叫“真理”的尖利棍子戳你。

So, if somebody pokes you with a stick and you say, "Ouch," because it hurts, the poking and the "Ouch" is an unconditioned stimulus causing an unconditioned response.
如果有人用棍子戳你，你会因为疼而叫出来，戳的动作和你的喊叫“,这就是无条件刺激引起了无条件反射。
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Ken had his BlackBerry, was poking away at it with the little plastic stick.
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