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Poke your eye

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Poke your eye

早上乘巴士上班,總會遇到女士在化粧。在行駛中的巴士化粧,隨時有轉彎及停車的「危機」。化粧的女士淡定自在,男士卻為她擔心:「不要畫眼綫!筆很尖,小心戳到眼睛(poke your eye)!」

「戳」的英文是poke,即是用手指或其他尖銳的物體快速按/插一下。例句:Be careful when you're holding a pen, or you'll poke someone in the eye.(當你拿着原子筆時要小心,否則你會戳到別人的眼睛。)You can poke the meat with your finger to see if it is fresh.(你可以用手指戳一下肉塊,看看它是否新鮮。)

動詞poke還可以解「伸出來、探出來」。例句:He poked his head out of his bedroom door and had a look around.(他從睡房門探頭出來,環視一下四周。)I couldn't wait for the shoot to poke up through the soil and start to grow.(我迫不及待想看綠芽破土而出,開始長大。)

Poke也可以用作名詞,常用give somebody a poke。例如,He gave the kid a poke in the stomach.(他戳了戳那小孩的肚子。)

(本欄逢周一、三、五刊登)

撰文: Ally 最漂亮英文專業老師
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