stoking
present participle ofstoke
| 单词 | stoking |
| 释义 | stoking present participle ofstoke stoke verb[IorT] uk/stəʊk/us/stoʊk/(alsostoke up)toaddfuelto alargefireandmovethefuelaround with astickso that itburnswell andproducesa lot ofheat: Once thefirehad been stoked up, theroombeganto getwarm. toencouragebadideasorfeelingsin a lot ofpeople: He's beenaccusedof stoking upracialhatredin theregion. Rumours of anemergencymeetingof thefinancecommitteestoked theatmosphereofcrisis. Fuels
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Encouraging and urging on Phrasal verbstoke up on/withsomething Examplesofstokingstoking In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Their systematic actions to these ends definitively puts paid to the idea that they were deliberatelystokingthe racial violence. From theCambridge English Corpus One sign of commercialism is its tendency to inflate need bystokingdesire. From theCambridge English Corpus He said that there were too many nineteenth century boilers, too much wastefulstoking, inadequate insulation and lagging, supervision and control. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But there will still remain a large number of small boiler plants which it would be unreasonable or impracticable to convert to automaticstoking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They cannot expand the economy without facing the fearful danger ofstokingreflation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Possibly, some day we may have oil engines, and nostokingto do. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Special efforts should be made to prevent smoke whenstoking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Such a combination would of course only help to make the problem worse—by running up huge deficits and furtherstokingthe economy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It seemed to suggest that all those signs of thestokingup of inflation can only now, retrospectively, be seen with the benefit of hindsight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He spoke about the difficulties ofstokingand banking boilers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We can all join instokingup a fire if we set ourselves to do so. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I make a plea to them not to go onstokingup the fires. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The outstanding deficit that he has left himself with will still go on,stokingup inflation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think we shall improve our case if we suggest that the trouble is all due to badstokingand bad stokers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I understand that a modification of thestokingapparatus, designed to abate the nuisance, is in process of being made. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 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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